n West Jefferson Boulevard, a four-lane thoroughfare that cuts east-west through South Central Los Angeles, the din of the city is loud as cars and trucks streak down the blocks. Anthony Hernandez’s studio occupies a small storefront right on West Jefferson, in a brief commercial district squeezed between the more residential, “historic” neighborhoods of Jefferson Park and West Adams. On a sunny Saturday morning in mid-February, its painted-pink facade seemed to bask in the heavy sunlight and sound, soaking them both in. Across the street, a
