Letters: Pretty picture

Re “Art of paint and persuasion,” Column One, Aug. 23

What a pleasure to see on the front page muralist Levi Ponce painting one of the remarkable Pacoima community murals.

The two men flanking him on ladders, paint brushes in hand, are part of the reason that these creative, colorful murals are not damaged. The word got out that helping to paint murals was fun and that the murals were now off-limits to tagging.

Kristi Sandoval’s mural — utilizing rusty parts of the side of the building as part of her work — shows how creative the Pacoima painters are as well.

JoAnn Hyslop
Sherman Oaks

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