Artist Beautifies Bay Area Cities by Painting Art on Public Utility Boxes

While driving up to a stoplight, you might have noticed that painting art on public utility boxes has been a growing trend, with many cities joining in. Using these utility boxes as blank canvasses has been a way for cities to let local artists use their imaginations and bring color and beauty to their city streets. A mural of a cat looking into an aquarium by Suzanne Gayle. (Courtesy of Suzanne Gayle) Artist and muralist Suzanne Gayle from Hayward, California, has painted almost 50 of these boxes around the San Francisco Bay Area. Artist Suzanne Gayle. (Courtesy of Suzanne Gayle) She told The Epoch Times: “The idea to originally paint utility boxes was to deter people from tagging and graffiti and damaging the boxes. However, it’s been nice because it’s become community involved by allowing individuals, residents, to make suggestions for … ideas, designs, and locations, and so that brings them in and makes them feel more involved and part of the community as well.”...