‘If These Walls Could Talk’: Artist’s work enhances local businesses

SAN ANTONIO – Sports and creation are 2 things Mike Arguello has loved since helium was a child.

Eventually, though, helium ended up giving up 1 of them erstwhile it came to participation.

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Art is what won out, getting his full-time attraction present arsenic an adult.

He paints murals for a living, chiefly connected the wrong and extracurricular walls of section businesses.

“Portraits is 1 happening that I’ve ever drawn since I was a kid,” helium said.

However, his commissioned enactment tin tally the gamut.

One time recently, his duty was to overgarment a mural wrong a marque caller edifice connected the city’s Northwest side, Crawfish Café.

The artwork included the business’ logo amid different images that correspond San Antonio, including the Alamo and Tower of the Americas.

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“I conscionable gave him those ideas and helium took it from there,” said edifice proprietor Kiet Duong. “He gave maine the archetypal draught and I was, like, ‘Wow!’”

Duong says helium archetypal saw Arguello’s enactment connected Instagram and knew helium had to enactment with him.

“I’m truly a instrumentality of thoroughfare creation and I deliberation it truly enhances this space,” Duong said.

Arguello, a autochthonal San Antonian, says helium accidentally stumbled upon his career.

Using his ain earthy talent, helium earned a partial assistance to the Southwest School of Art.

His ceremonial acquisition soon was chopped short, though, aft the commencement of his daughter.

But a accidental gathering with different section muralist, Nick Soupe, helped to cement his future.

“And I benignant of conscionable asked him, ‘Hey man. How bash I get into this? It’s ace cool,’” Arguello said.

He continued to paint, honing his skills and yet earning a sanction for himself among the city’s astir fashionable muralists.

Arguello signs his enactment with a nickname that friends gave him years agone for his chill composure, “Mike Comp.”

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He said helium is grateful to beryllium capable to bash what helium loves and has plans to stock his knowledge.

“Hopefully 1 time I tin bring my girl connected arsenic my small apprentice,” helium said. “As agelong arsenic determination are walls and businesses and canvases being made, I’m conscionable gonna support connected doing this.”

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