'Just look, no touchy' says artist of restored Black history mural in Sandwich
CBC
Five and a half months after blue spray paint was found on a Black history mural in Sandwich Towne, the artist and city staff have restored it and returned it to its place.
At the end of April, Windsor police said they were investigating vandalism, which was mostly concentrated on a part of the mural dedicated to Howard Watkins — Windsor's second Black detective.
Co-artist of the mural, Jermaine Baylis, said seeing his work back up in Paterson Park feels "good."
"A lot of people were really attached to this mural and had a lot of questions of 'where is it at? where has it been?' And just to see it back up I know there's going to be a lot of happy people," he said.
Baylis said at least every one of the 16 panels had some sort of touch up. He, along with his brother and co-artist Darrell Baylis, also corrected some misspelled names or inaccurate dates.
The restoration process required them to take the eight foot by four foot panels out to a barn in Essex, where Baylis lives.
"I had to match colours up in paint that I don't have anymore ... looking for colour matches so one panel don't stick out more than the others. Do I even remember what paint I used 10 years ago?" he said.
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