Teachers, parents, and students help paint Artist David Legaspi’s a multicultural-themed and environmental-themed murals at Franklin Elementary School on Sunday, October 23, 2011.

Children help paint Artist David Legaspi’s Ocean-Themed mural at Franklin Elementary School on Saturday, September 3, 2011. This mural is just part of a bigger courtyard remodeling project in the school featuring new tables, awnings and landscaping. The Courtyard remodeling project is sponsored by the Grazer family.

Homegrown artist Pharoe paints an organic, garden-themed custom mural at Santa Monica Place on Saturday, August 07, 2010.

Doug Smith paints a memorial for Dennis “Polar Bear” Agnew at Memorial Skatepark in Venice on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

Pacific Park maintenance crew takes down Robert Wyland's environmental mural, "Years of The Ocean,' (1998 - 17 Panels - 11 feet tall by 64 feet wide) on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, due to remodeling. Robert Wyland (born. 1956 in Detroit, Michigan), known simply as Wyland, is an artist best known for painting large, outdoor murals of whales and other ocean life. Wyland’s art has the unique ability to transform all who view it to a greater awareness. By bridging the worlds of art and science, his work inspires people of all ages to become better stewards of our oceans and precious water resources. Wyland has 100 Whaling Wall murals scattered throughout the world.