Santa Barbara New Spain Architecture

When I moved to Santa Barbara I was in awe by its unity in architecture. I researched the city’s history and found the men and women that made Santa Barbara what is today. The list includes Bernhard Hoffman, George Washington Smith, Pearl Chase and Jeff Shelton amongst others. I was inspired by them to paint these images. Santa Barbara’s widespread unity in the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture came out of a time of rebuilding from a disaster —the 1925 earthquake. Destruction shows itself as an opportunity to restore, change, unify and adapt.