article_snippet.sent: A French artist has given a seedy and derelict motel a makeover by painting the entire property - including A French artist palm trees - a dazzling bright white.
article_snippet.sent: French artist Vincent Lamouroux used an environmentally friendly limewash to coat the so-called Bates Motel, including several towering palm trees and the fence around the rundown property.
article_snippet.sent: Dazzling: French artist Vincent Lamouroux French artist Vincent Lamouroux has painted a derelict motel in LA's trendy Silver Lake neighborhood completely white, even coating the palm trees .
article_snippet.sent: The seedy motel, which has been closed for years, was actually named the Sunset Pacific Motel but got the Sunset Pacific Motel nickname from the Sunset Pacific Motel proximity to nearby Bates Avenue and the Sunset Pacific Motel passing resemblance to the motel in the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece 'Psycho'.
article_snippet.sent: A man carries paint pots while walking through the interior of what used to be known as Bates Motel due the interior of what used to be known as Bates Motel proximity to nearby Bates Avenue and the interior of what used to be known as Bates Motel passing resemblance to the motel in the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece 'Psycho' Attracting attention:  A passer-by stops to take a picture following the unveiling of the 'projections' prokject yesterday in LA .
article_snippet.sent: Tall order: The huge palm trees surrounding the motel were even coated with white paint .
highlights_snippet.sent: French artist Vincent Lamouroux unveiled the motel's new look yesterday .
  Used environmentally-friendly limewash to create effect of 'bedazzlement'
  Seedy building known as Bates Motel for likeness to the motel in 'Psycho'
  Mr Lamouroux said new look can represent 'blank screen' for our desires .