LOS ANGELES RIVER SERIES #33
Los Angeles River Series #33
Sotto Street Bridge
Vernon
Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 30” x 1.5”
Los Angeles River Series #32
(2021)
The Sotto Street Bridge originally built in 1928 in the highly industrialized city of Vernon is approximately two miles south and east of the downtown LA city center. Compared to the enormous city of Los Angeles, the city of Vernon is absolutely tiny. Where as Los Angeles occupies over 500 square miles and has a population of over four million, Vernon a mere five square miles and has an almost nonexistent population of roughly 130 people. The population is so small that some have accused city politicians of housing homeless people within the city limits in a bid to solicit precious votes. Yet for its small size and negligible population it packs a very powerful economic punch employing over 50,000 people in its numerous factories, food processing plants and other businesses.
Los Angeles River painting “Soto Street Bridge with Los Angeles Skyline” casts new light on this scruffy and highly industrialized part of the river where the concrete vertical walls, depicted in olive green and dark blue, begin their gradual shift to sloped concrete embankments and where a flat river bottom after a light winter rain reflects an industrialized city sunsets in hues of pink, orange, and purple.
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