Project Description

Llanos depicts a series of Valley characters amidst the commercial hubbub of Victory Boulevard and Van Nuys Boulevard.

Artist Statement

“My inspiration for the poster project was to capture small vignettes or ‘snap shots’ of different people around the corner of Victory and Van Nuys Boulevard. Urban environments and people are a part of my own personal work. I also have a love for comics and artists that use drawing as a journalistic medium. The overall design was to imply a sort of comic book page layout”

About the Artist

RONALD J. LLANOS has exhibited regionally at Bamboo Lane Gallery, Ghetto-gloss, Black Maria Gallery, the Eagle Rock Community Center, The Drawing Club and Avenue 50 Studio. He was selected as the artist for the Van Nuys Metro Through the Eyes of Artist Poster in 2005. Llanos teaches at his alma mater, the Art Center College of Design, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors.

About Through the Eyes of Artists

In the tradition of celebrating transportation through colorful travel destination posters, Metro Art commissions a diverse range of Los Angeles artists to create original artworks for the Through the Eyes of Artists poster series. Established in 2003, the posters are displayed onboard Metro trains and buses.

View other works in the series.