This building is across the street from a guy I know. He was watching the guy who did the mural, and could tell from the way he moved he was an older guy. When my buddy saw him sitting on the tailgate of his truck, he went to talk to him.
Get this: This guy is a retired painter/sign man, and he travels around the country in his retirement doing this to ugly buildings. Beautifying ugly buildings he happens across.
For material costs. He doesn't make a dime. That fella's a rarity, I'm a-thinking.
My buddy said he got the impression the old guy was pretty eccentric.