Frisco Tar Art 2

channel 5 also did a piece on the artist's work, but nothing national like I hoped.

tar art channel 5

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/17385059/detail.html

FRISCO, Texas --

Some residents have found art in an unlikely place after a Frisco city worker took it upon himself to get creative as he patched up the street.

With a quick glance at the street, there appears to be just a lot of squiggly lines, but closer inspection reveals what some are calling tar art.

"Might as well have fun with, it's not like those squiggly lines look good," resident Margie Calder said.

The designs include a picture of a dog, sailboat, flower and a sun.

The new additions to the neighborhood went unnoticed for months, until someone called the city of Frisco with questions about how the city's tax dollars were being spent.

"It probably took about five minutes to do the pieces of art, and the materials were probably $5, $10 at the most," Gary Hartwell of Frisco Public Works said.

A city street worker confessed to creating the art in December as he patched up the street.

"We've talked to the employee and told him not to do it again and that will be the extent of the discipline," Hartwell said.

The city of Frisco said the overwhelming response from neighbors has been positive, so they have no plans to remove the artwork.