Not everyone in Vallejo loves the city. Local artists, however, want to brush those people away. The Vallejo Teaching Artists, a Public Art Exposure Program along with Izzy Drumgoole, decided to clean that up on Saturday morning.
A mural titled “I love Vallejo” on the waterfront near Manny’s Steakhouse was vandalized recently, nearly two years after the piece of art was created by Drumgoole and One People Tribe. “Six months ago the entire paragraph above the sign was altered,” Drumgoole said. “The message was kind of cryptic and political and you could tell the person that put graffiti on it suffered from a mental illness.
” It was the first time Drumgoole had seen her painting for a while, but she said it was nice to try and restore the piece of art to its original shine. “It’s interesting that even though the mural has held up well, it had also faded so much,” Drumgoole said. “It’s very exciting to get the original color back on this mural.
I really love this piece because it represents every age, every ethnicity in the city. People come up to it and say, ‘I love Vallejo, too!'” I would see it across the waterfront from Mare Island and smile knowing I helped put it together.” Leah Tumerman, a teaching artist and muralist in Vallejo, brought three students from a group of more than 30 to help restore the painting on Saturday.
“We want to to restore the mural to its original, vibrant stage and get the colors brighter,” Tumerman said. “We’r.
