Artist Sandow Birk has created a new series of paintings and prints of California's 33 State Penitentiaries and 2 Federal Prisons. Birk made a pilgrimage to these correctional facilities to document them and render them in the style of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierdstadt and other significant 19th century artists.
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Artist Sandow Birk has created a new series of paintings and prints of California's 33 State Penitentiaries and 2 Federal Prisons. Birk made a pilgrimage to these correctional facilities to document them and render them in the style of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierdstadt and other significant 19th century artists.