Painted Cities

by Lorna Brown

Lorna Brown is an artist specialising in watercolour architectural paintings thatr represent something other than just bricks and mortar. With a keenness for adventure, she likes to hunt for new places to paint; buildings with character and story that represent the people who have occupied these spaces in the past in the past, present and future.

Lorna has travelled around the world to produce this collection of illustrations of street art in urban landscapes. Visiting London, Helsinki, Berlin, Cairo, Bethlehem, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Christchurch, Melbourne, Painted Cities demonstrates thow the architecture shapes the unique street art in each city and tells the story of the painters and people who live there.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

128 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2018

Reviews

[Wilde Sky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains a series of paintings of street art from around the world, plus short descriptions of a number of cities.

I found this an odd book - some of the paintings and writing were good, but overall it didn't really grab me.

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you! I was able to learn about a lot of cool graffiti and mural artists from this book 🥰🥰🥰