Hanna Kello’s art work was recently on display in downtown Oxford.
But you won’t find the 18-year-old Lake Orion resident’s drawings framed in a gallery or hanging in a museum.
Kello’s art adorns the public sidewalks and lasts as long as the weather or the DPW workers permit it to.
During the wee morning hours of Friday, Aug. 1, Kello, armed with chalk and charcoal, left her tribute to the new Batman movie on the sidewalk in front of the Oxford 7 Theater’s main entrance.
The 2008 Lake Orion High School graduate drew the famous bat symbol at a friend’s suggestion, plus portraits of the Caped Crusader and his archenemy the Joker.
‘I originally only wanted to do the bat symbol,? Kello said. But once she got started, the project took on a life of its own.
Next, she drew the Joker, but decided her sidewalk mural looked ‘lopsided,? so she added the Dark Knight.
‘Batman took me the longest,? she said.
Kello started worked on the project at 2:30 a.m. and finished it up at 5:20 a.m.
At one point, some DPW workers who were cleaning the streets asked her what she was doing. When they found out, they couldn’t have been more courteous.
‘They specifically went around me so they wouldn’t blow it away,? Kello said.
Kello enjoys doing ‘graffiti? as she called it, but never with spray cans or anything permanent.
‘I don’t want to vandalize anything,? she said. ‘I don’t want to get in trouble. That’s why I use chalk.”
During her time at LOHS Kello took classes in drawing, ceramics, metal art, computer art, water colors and oil painting.