"I found the city to be electric, ultra-charged," this California artist said.

She spent the next year photographing California artists and their paintings, sculptures and murals.

This California artist is seen here in characteristic form.

It was illustrated by local California artists.

The degree to which California artists acknowledge the need to defend their state is striking.

It seems as if this California artist never met an image he didn't appropriate.

And even the selection of works by California artists could be better, to judge from the inaugural installation.

By this time Hansen was not only one of the most well known California artists, but arguably the best teacher of the era.

His paintings are in the permanent collections of many museums, particularly those specializing in California artists.

The exhibition really introduces this 47-year-old California artist to New York.