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Kent Twitchell reflects on a recent settlement and vandalism
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Strother Martin Monument 1972, artist Kent Twitchell
Reading through some of the blogs responding to the LA Times story I see that
there is still some misunderstanding about the graffiti issue. I only oppose
spray paint when it is used to cover over murals or other public art. That is
called vandalism and that alone is the reason "we cannot coexist" as I was
correctly quoted as saying in the Times. It is the reason LA is no longer the
mural capital. Once there were 2 - 3 thousand murals here and every one has
been destroyed by spray paint. Either they were painted out because the vandalism became such a blight or they are still out there covered with spray paint and therefore just waiting to be coated over with beige paint.
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Renowned Muralist Kent Twitchell Settles Art Desecration Lawsuit for $1.1 Million
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 -Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson spearheads settlement vindicating artists' rights
'This settlement sets an important precedent which will benefit other artists,' said Mr. Twitchell (faculty member of the Fresco School). 'This resolution makes it clear that when it comes to public art, you have to respect the artist's rights, or incur significant liability.' Both an artist and muralist, Mr. Twitchell is recognized for his larger-than-life realist mural portraits, often of celebrities and artists.
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Fresco Painting - Introduction
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In it's essence, fresco or fresco painting is an - application of natural mineral pigments to a surface on which a following chemical reaction takes place:
Ca(OH)2(s) + CO2(g) ----> CaCO3(s) + H2O(l)
Calcium Hydrate (burned lime stone or marble mixed with water) combined with carbon dioxide resulting in the formation of Calcium Carbonate - lime stone, marble. It is like "Painting with molten Marble".
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from the world fresco news - March 2008
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A 1930s mural at SDSU, hidden for decades under ceiling tiles, is restored
Mallios hopes to parlay the momentum of this mural's successful restoration into a fundraising campaign for the other mural. It's an egg-tempera fresco that depicts each stage of the local tuna industry, and features Portuguese fishermen in Point Loma, women on an assembly line processing the fish, and Asian merchants preparing to sell the cans.
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Medieval times in California
A beautiful fresco of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth is painted above the hand-carved altar.
There is the Great Hall, frescoed with medieval scenes and headed by a massive five centuries old hand-carved fireplace brought from Europe. Above the fireplace is a fresco of an imposing baron holding his coat-of-arms.
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from the world fresco news - February 2008
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Spiegel Online - Berlin, Germany
Frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries were recently discovered under five layers of plaster on the walls of the 13th-century church. After their first
attempts to expose the frescoes, the conservators gave up. Now they are awaiting the help of the physicists from Michigan.
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The fresco was long presumed lost forever behind the new paintings. But Maurizio Seracini, an Italian expert in high-technology art analysis, will soon
deploy the cutting-edge science of a neutron generator and gamma ray detector in an attempt to prove that the mural is actually preserved beneath a wall
built just in front of it during the remodelling.
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Learn
Plaster. Sand and lime mixtures. Humidity control and moisture.
Scratch, rough, float, arriccio, intonaco and more...
Prepare
Cartoon and do the transfer. Study multiple giornata composition
design. 
Work
with pigments and color. Prepare your own Fresco Palette!
Paint
you own Fresco! Learn hands-on about painting on wet plaster and
experience the "Golden Hour"!