Vancouver street artists craft mural for Chinatown business that challenged graffiti taggers | Globalnews.ca

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Over several hours Wednesday, Smokey D sketched and painted a likeness of Wong at his front counter with his ginseng and other herbal products in jars.Story continues below advertisement1:56Chinatown merchant writes message to graffiti taggers – May 15, 2022 Smokey D, who once spent eight months in jail for doing graffiti, said he mostly paints “legally” now and enjoys using his talents to help tackle the 300 per cent spike in graffiti the Vancouver Police Department has documented in Chinatown.“As long as I’ve done it like this, I don’t think anyone else will come and touch it, right, so it’ll be a win-win,” he said, as he applied the finishing touches Wednesday.

Meantime, Tommy Wong, whose words helped launch the paint makeover, gave his portrait, which includes the greeting “Welcome to Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, British Columbia, Canada,” a big thumbs up.Wong said the personalized artwork is an example of respect, and he hopes other stores in the area get different murals.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

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