August 15, 2017
“RESTORE”
by Jon Hall
Local tattoo artist Jon Hall got tired of seeing the ugly patches of gray buff paint on the wall between E. Broadway businesses Syndicate barbershop and Gallagher’s Irish Pub in his favorite Long Beach neighborhood, Bluff Park, He decided to approach the bar to see if they would cover the cost of materials if he were to paint the wall, and Long Beach Post reports, they agreed. Regularly involved in humanitarian efforts Hall says the woman on the right with the headdress was inspired by his regular trips to distribute food and clothes in Mexico, while the woman on the left reminds him of work in Haiti. Hall brought in self-described “Typography Wrangler” Howdy, aka Denton Watts, to paint “Restore,” explaining that his women have darker and redder eyes as if they’ve been through alot . . . “but they can be restored, they can be made new.” @jonhalllovesyou-blog @jonhalltattoo @syndicatebarbershop @howdyall
