Thousand Oaks CA Jungleland Metal Print

Thousand Oaks, California. Jungleland was an animal compond for the hollywood movie industry. Animals of all kinds lived here - including the famous MGM roaring lion that was featured at the beginning of all the old MGM movies. When I first visited Jungleland in 1956, this little town only had one restaurant and one grocery store. Note: Jungleland no longer exists today. This entrance was on the south side of the very busy Thousand Oaks Blvd.

Robert Birkenes' award winning abstract paintings and Plein Air drawings have been featured in galleries and art exhibitions in Los Angeles; Chicago; Mexico City and South Florida. His beautiful photography of landscapes and still life's are also part of his overall creative talents. He is constantly impressed with the majesty and beauty of the American landscape as well. His landscape paintings and drawings reflect his impressions of the natural beauty that has been carved into our mountains, rivers and desserts and cityscapes. Capturing and preserving our historic architecture on canvas or paper has also been a motivating goal - born out of his reverence for these soon to vanish monuments of our past. He achieves this...