SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A mural on the side of Brownie's market in Santa Barbara, tagged and destroyed recently has now been repaired by the artist.
The site on the corner of Haley and De La Vina Streets. It features a brown hand and a white hand together, and a quote by Nelson Mandela about teaching love over hate.
Artist Danny Meza created it in 2020 at the request of the building owner.
He came back from San Diego where he lives now, to repair the recent tagging that had white paint over much of the art.
Danny Meza said, "Yeah it sucks. I think murals get hit up and tagged on all the time. No matter what the subject is, for tons of reasons. They don't like the mural they want to vandalize for the sake of it, they don't like the artist that actually did it, stuff like that ."
The mural has been tagged over another time too, and repainted.
Meza says he wanted to preserve the art and the message.
Santa Barbara City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez met Meza there and thanked him for the commitment. He also gave him a city pin. Longtime westside resident Beebe Longstreet also stopped to make a donation for the paint supplies.
Both Meza and Gutierrez said they would like to see a site where those who want to learn street art or large spray painted projects can have a learning area and even work with mentors. They say it would give them an area for expression and teach a valuable skill.
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