To muralist Dan Black, a blank wall is a canvas waiting to be turned into a window to his imagination.
“Public art is always a gift,” the Denton artist said. “People are allowed to appreciate it who didn’t have to pay for it.” Black estimates he’s painted over a hundred murals since 2008.
Drive around Denton and you’ll spot his work; There’s the two-story, musical motorcyclist painting that adorns the building that once house Andy’s bar, The intergalactic lightning storm in a ’90s retro style wraps the Free Play arcade, and of course, the “Foundation of Our History” mural that sits beneath a railway underpass on Robertson Street and Bell Avenue…