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‘Will Rogers Monument’

Iconic pair of works by the legendary Kent Twitchell on two sides of the California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino, where Rogers gave his final public performance. Painted in 1998-1999.

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Happy 80th Birthday dear friend! Thank you for inspiring me! You have a great face to paint so I painted it! #kenttwitchell is a master and an icon in the Los Angeles mural community. To see his incredible murals, #kenttwitchellmurals #kenttwitchell #greatartists #lamurals https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYYW7kFEPk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dix sections du mur de Berlin exposées par le Wende Museum avec des oeuvres de : Kent Twitchell, Farrah Kapetion, Marie Astrid Gonzalez, Thierry Nour, Bimer, Herakut, Retna, D*Face. #losangeles #wendemuseum #thewallproject #coldwar #kenttwitchell #marieastridgonzalez #thierrynoir #eastsidegallery #bimer #greenbear #herakut #retna #dface #streetart #urbanart #artderue #arturbain #graffiti #wallpainting #spraypaint #jj_urbanart #jj_urbex #instapic #photooftheday #losangelesmytown (à Wilshire Boulevard) https://www.instagram.com/p/B87t6TgqivG/?igshid=12flvkcfy0f5u

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June 25, 2017

“ED RUSCHA MONUMENT”

by Kent Twitchell

For 19 years a towering 70-foot-tall portrait of American painter Edward Ruscha loomed over Downtown LA from S. Hill St., and when the mural was painted over in 2006 Twitchell received the largest settlement granted under federal and state protections of certain public works. In 2015 he announced that work was underway to create an updated portrait of Ruscha for the American Hotel at Traction Ave. and Hewitt St. in the LA Arts District. Twitchell calls his work “simple and old fashioned” but achieving his end result is anything but simple. His typical process involves photographing the subject, sketching many studies of mural details, and creating a model of the building, before then hand drawing the entire mural in graphite, hand mixing all the paints, and then painting the final work in his studio on 3’ x 4’ panels of polytab fabric. Twitchell’s Instagram indicates he still plans to add a drop-shadow surrounding the two windows to the right of the figure.  @kenttwitchell  @american_hotel   @arts_district_la 

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LAST DAY TODAY! A follow up to my previous post on #CharlesWhite @themuseumofmodernart - Explore Charles White’s technical prowess, his ability to depict “images of dignity,” and his groundbreaking collaboration with ‪Harry Belafonte‬, alongside artist @toyinojihodutola & exhibition curator Esther Adler, in the latest episode of HOW TO SEE (link in bio at @themuseumofmodernart ) OR TYPE in mo.ma/hts_charleswhite in your web browser for the 8min YouTube video CHARLES WHITE’s legacy is evident not only in the work he created, but in the generosity he demonstrated as a teacher. Learn more about the lasting effects of White’s teachings, and hear from past students including #KerryJamesMarshall, #DavidHammons, #RichardWyattJr., #JuditheHernández, and #KentTwitchell: mo.ma/2CijBEL (link doesn’t seem to work!?) but go to: https://moma.org/audio/playlist/54 and: https://soundcloud.com/museumofmodernart/harry-belafonte ... [Charles White. “Drawing class.” c. 1950. Black-and-white photograph. Private collection. © The Charles White Archives] ... Following its MoMA presentation, the exhibition will travel to @LACMA the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it will be on view from February 17 through June 9, 2019. ... #art #contemporaryart #toyinojihodutola #HarryBelafonte #HarlemRenaissance #moma #lacma #kunst #arte #artlover #artgram #modernart #contemporarypainting #arthistory #artist #artists #artoninstagram #artsy #artoftheday #americanart #africanamericanart (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BskOEXMFl9-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1swuevgrvrg7l

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December 21, 2019 "Old Woman of the Freeway" by Kent Twitchell recreated at LA Valley College in Valley Glen, Los Angeles, CA

December 21, 2019 "Old Woman of the Freeway" by Kent Twitchell recreated at LA Valley College in Valley Glen, Los Angeles, CA #oldwomanofthefreeway #kenttwitchell #lavalleycollege #lavc #valleyglen #losangeles #christyborgman #onthisday #lawomanphoto

Photo by Christy Borgman

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3rd and Traction #DTLA #ArtsDistrict 5.27.17 #HewittHusky #EdRuscha @kenttwitchell @ramirofauve

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Can’t believe another legend is gone . 😔💔😪 Ossie couldn’t wait Queen 👑 🙌🏽 RIP Ruby Dee , truly an elegant class act. I was looking for a painting but actually found a mural painted of her by @kenttwitchell 👌🏽 If you’re ever in Cleveland, Oh catch it at the Karamu House Theatre 🎭. #rip #rubydee #legend #mural #karamuhousetheatre #icon #lady #elegance #sip (at New York, New York)

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"Faces" photo by @vonjako #muralart #rubensoto #muralist #eyes #streetart #urbanart #kenttwitchell #fashionart #portraits #graffitiartist #the_art_of_shade #art #murals #modernart #blackandwhitephoto #underpass #echopark #natgeo #thephotosociety #filmmaking #spraypaint #graffitiartist #cinema #the_art_of_shade #urbanartist http://ift.tt/2wojRxJ

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1986 #kenttwitchell mural off of the 110 in Los Angeles #themcla is doing a great job keeping these old murals alive.

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‘Dr. J’ A towering portrait of Julius Erving by Kent Twitchell in Philadelphia. Painted in 1989.

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Before the bus tour for #kenttwitchell the other day I sat at the café waiting for other artist friends. I always carry my sketchpad because one never knows where one might be. I worked on a little bird drawing thinking about what life is. I’ve never been afraid to erase a mark and start again. Life is struggle interlaced with meaningful moments of joy, love, and redemption. It’s everything and we spend our life learning those hard lessons. At some point if we’re lucky we understand unconditional love. And there is nothing more meaningful than the realization that there’s something bigger than ourselves. Just for today forgive yourself and forgive others if need be. Get up-and try again. 🙏🏼❤️ (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cge0mRxLw4E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My first mural, Freeway Artists Running Team, 1983-84, as part of the collective known as Bunch of Los Angeles Muralists featuring @ericbonwitt, Romeo Romero, Suzanne Hartman, and myself, under the tutelage of master muralist @kenttwitchell at @otiscollege. Site: Southbound side of the Hollywood Freeway under the Western Avenue overpass. #markdeanveca #mural #shortshorts

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June 7, 2017

“THE BRIDE AND GROOM”

by Kent Twitchell

Born in Michigan, Twitchell moved to Los Angeles in the mid-60s where he became one of the city’s most honored muralists. He is the creator of many prominent walls seen by millions, including the massive paintings of the LA Chamber Orchestra overlooking the freeway in downtown, and he was one of several participants in a project painting murals along the Harbor Freeway for the 1984 Olympic Games. This 70’ x 70’ wall on the back of the Victor Clothing Company building is on the opposite side from Eloy Torrez’s famous “Pope of Broadway” portrait of Anthony Quinn. The 5-story work was commissioned by Carlos Ortiz, owner of a bridal shop in the building, and Ortiz and a friend modeled for the work. Twitchell completed the work in 1976, taking 3 years to finish the mural while working toward his MFA from Otis Art Institute.  @kenttwitchell  

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Four artist want to meet you in Upland :):):):) @jimmorphesis, @kenttwitchell, @mosesball, and @artforashes speaking on the artist panel. Let's eat drink and mingle with your art peeps. . . . . . #epitaphs #whatdreamsmaycome #art #artist #greatart #greatergood #artiststudio #photography #sculpture #painting #mixedmedia #assemblage #inlandempire #museum (at Gene Sasse Photography)

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Unknown Michael Jackson Mural Painted 1992 Lives As Digital NFTs

Artist Kent Twitchell With His Monumental Mural Pulled from Storage and Restored

Kent Twitchell, internationally famous artist for painting monumental sized murals of “American Cultural Heros” feels his greatest masterpiece is a result of the unforgettable creative effort he had when The King of Pop, The Most Famous Man in the World, Michael Jackson posed for Twitchell to create the 100 ft high painted monumental mural, intended to add legitimacy to the pop star’s legacy between 1990 and 1992. This is the only “monument” to represent himself that Michael Jackson ever posed for.

This high energy project of creating the exciting 12 story tall project of MJ by KT was painted in acrylic on a polyester fabric, intended to be adhered to the outside of a building. At one point, Michael Jackson’s entertainer-genius-creative-mind wanted to make it an interactive mural on the side of a building with lighting affects, smoke machines and lasers. But that idea was quashed by the city of Hollywood in 1992.

As he promised to The King of Pop, artist Kent Twitchell, committed to MJ that he would put the time and energy into making his painted creation so that this artwork would be the artist’s lifetime masterpiece… but it remained an uninstalled masterpiece.

Instead of becoming a famous destination of public art of perhaps the most beloved music genius of  several generations, worthy of making any building noteworthy on an international level, it has languished forgotten in storage rolled up on small tubes for more than the last 30 years. After Michael’s death in 2009, the project was abandoned by the family, estate, corporations and legal representation of the defunct musician.

Rolls of the mural sections as stored by the artist in his self storage unit for decades

During Covid in 2022, the effort got underway to photograph in high resolution each of the 250 panels (which were never mounted to a wall on a building) that make up the 100 ft x 60 ft mural. Once the images were captured on special high resolution photographic equipment, the individual images were “stitched” together pixel by pixel to make the 250 panels into 1 unified high res digital image that could be uploaded and “minted” or “mined” into non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For more information on what are NFTs, click here:  Here is the process on video…

Kent Twitchell, the brilliant renown artist of the artwork, said, “Michael would have loved this new technology. He was all about new technology and what it could do for his art. He would have been crazy excited about the idea of this masterpiece which would have been “stuck” on the side of a building for people to come visit, but instead now, this artwork is going to travel the world and reach out to fans internationally. Nothing could be better for establishing Michael’s image, reputation and legacy. He would have loved it!”

The final and complete “state of being of this artwork,” compatible with what the tech-loving cultural icon would have loved, is the exquisitely detailed high resolution digital image prepared for world-wide distribution as PixelNFTs, to be accompanied by exciting “ancillary benefits,” a term MJ, the businessman, used to like to think about.

“We are so lucky to have Scott Haskins and FACL in charge of taking care of and seeing to the potential of this incredible masterpiece. No body could open the doors and see the future like him,” Twitchell added and has posted on social media.

Now here is the interesting “rub.” After years of dragging around selected pieces of the mural by the artist for temporary exhibitions as he tried to promote the mural and his well intentioned helpers (before Scott Haskins) and possibly because Twitchell moved a couple of times, it turned out that parts or panels of the mural were lost in addition to parts of the mural that were not as finished as Kent wanted them to be. So, after the digitization process captured every brush stroke and pixel, we were able to see what, exactly was missing without having to layout the mural on a football field to meet a look. It was, then, possible on the computer to complete the mural digitally before it was made ready for NFTs.

In other words, the concept and the completion of the Michael Jackson Monument was first accomplished digitally as NFT artwork before it was a complete painting in the physical world. It was, in reality, first a virtual, digital, NFT work of art, then later it became a completed work of art in the real world.

The digitized, virtual NFT creation of Michael Jackson’s Cool Criminal.

The is the only authorized, authentic, official digital artwork for NFTs authorized by the artist.

Michael Jackson’s  Monument now comes to life for the whole world to own, via NFT fractional ownership technology through PelXP.com … and included with each PixelNFT is a bonus: an unpublished song and performance by MJ! That’s right,  the songs and the rights to distribute came directly from MJ’s ex-manager and other sources directly working with MJ! And there’s more “ancillary benefits!” Go to PelXP.com to learn more.

FACL is honored to be part of this collaborative effort for the creation of the NFT work of art and the preservation, restoration and installation of the physical art… no matter where it may be installed in the world! Sao Paolo? Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Rome?… Dubai, Shanghai or Hollywood? Stay tuned for more information!!!

For more information: Scott M. Haskins, 805 564 3438 office, 805 570 4140 mobile, faclartdoc@gmail.com

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