Street Art in Los Angeles

In a city prevalent with artists searching anywhere to express their creativity, Los Angeles is home to some of the best street art around. Here are three artists putting their name on the map.

Colette Miller, Global Angel Wings Project © Elvert Barnes | Flickr

Colette Miller — The Global Angel Wings Project

A project that started in the city of angels in 2012 has now reached a global scale and sparked a social craze. Colette Miller began painting angel wings around the city where she thought graffiti was used in a negative space. She created them to be interactive so people could take photos with the wings of an angel.

Pyrograph, Zachary Aronson © Catrina Linhard

Zachary Aronson — Pyrograph

It’s one of the most unique processes of street art that Zachary Aronson is starting to put on the map in Los Angeles. He started drawing portraits with charcoal on wood when he wondered if he could burn the images into the wood. He picked up a blowtorch and mastered the skill of turning it into his pencil. This is his most recent piece in Venice Beach.

WRDSMTH, Los Angeles, California © Lord Jim | Flickr

WRDSMTH

This street artist is a Los Angeles transplant from Ohio that creates wheatpaste text street art with witty, fun and heartfelt sayings. He says he wishes people would have told him these things when he moved to LA so he’s passing it on through art. Check out his Instagram here.