His murals explode off walls with ferocious energy and seem to draw their strength from the urban life around them.
Consider the little girl making a funny face, her hands raised like lions’ paws and her braided hair swinging outside the frame.
Or the mural of Derek Jeter, his glove hand extended and the elbow of his other arm a compressed spring, ready to hurl the ball in his hand.
Or even the image of a taciturn star of a hip hop duo.
It’s all work by Jeff Henriquez of Newark, New Jersey. In June, the 45-year-old will transform a wall in downtown Janesville into a tribute to Black Hawk, one of the leaders of the Sauk American Indian tribe. His canvas will be the brick wall on the north side of the building at 27 S. Main St., which is home to the restaurant 27 South.
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