DETROIT (WXYZ) — A massive 8,000 square foot mural of Stevie Wonder is underway on the back wall of Detroit' Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
London-based public artist Richard Wilson is painting the mural, which will reach to the very top of the stage house at over 100 feet high.
"To paint people that inspire me and art that tells a story, and in particular to be able to paint big walls when I can, where I can paint something that can really connect to the community around it," Wilson said.
Wilson approached Music Hall President Vince Paul last year when he took place in Murals in the Market in Eastern Market.
Richard Wilson has previously done portraits of Will Smith in West Philadelphia, Cristiano Ronaldo in Madeira and Roy Ayes in London.
Additionally, London-based nonprofit Education is Not a Crime commissioned a second mural on Music Hall's west wall.
