Los Angeles California - Santa Monica State Beach - United Air Lines - Vintage Airline Travel Poster by Tom Hoyne c.1970s - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print (Unframed) 18 x 24 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Tom Hoyne - Thomas Maclay Hoyne (1924 - 1989) One of the midwest's outstanding illustrators and advertising artist for over 15 years. He was born in Chicago in 1923. During WWII he as a lieutenant aboard a Navy L.S.T. as a gunnery officer. His interests of sailing and fishing vessels and is known for his art of the sea. In 1983 he was awarded the Rudolph J. Schaefer Award at the Mystic International, an honor given to the artist whose work best documents our maritime heritage. He did several of the United Airlines travel advertisements such as Borrego Springs, Southern California, Muir Woods, Near San Francisco, Pacific Northwest, Grant Park, and Chicago.