Artist:
Address:
2401 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057. (click to view)
Size:
40' x 56' ft
Medium:
Acrylic
Date:
1978
Type:
Portrait
Contemporary
Religious
Description / Interpretation:
Otis/ Parsons School of Art & Design, exterior. These three standing figures wearing white scientific lab coats are meant to be Mother Mary, God and Jesus Christ. As models, the artist used well-known television personalities who all represented tradtional values. Jan Clayton (as Mother Mary), played the mother on the origional Lasse. Clayton Moore (God) was The Lone Ranger. Bill Gray (Jesus Christ), played Bud, the son on Father Knows Best. Twitchell did this mural for his master's thesis at Otis. Photo © Robin Dunitz | Photo © Gil Ortiz (last 3)