When Michiko Quinones saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill for the first time, she cried.

The L.A. wildfires look eerily like works of art by Alex Schaefer, Ed Ruscha, Francesca Gabbiani, John Knuth and others.

But then I realized I could be stifling her ambition by saying ‘no’ to art because I’m worried about the mess. So, I got ...