August 6, 1999

Mexican Artist Paints Frescoes at Southern Arkansas U.

In art courses at Southern Arkansas University, students have studied frescoes created centuries ago. This year, they had the chance to watch a modern-day artist work in the tradition of the great masters to create a new fresco on their campus.

The Mexican artist Melchor Peredo painted a four-panel fresco in the lobby of the university's Harton Theater. Mr. Peredo has created frescoes -- paintings that are brushed on fresh, moist