Every artist has a vision, even if the canvas is unconventional. “The sun is always a good muse in Florida, being the Sunshine State,” artist Daniel “R5” Barojas said while painting a gradient of the sky on the curb of a Tampa road. “It's going to be a group of turtles, sea turtles,” artist Dot Marsh said while painting a waterscape in a different location. “I just hope the residents in the area enjoy it." On Friday, in the neighborhood around Tampa’s Robles Park, a handful of artists were bringing life to the typically mundane concrete storm drains. “This drain is just for water,” Marsh said. “This needs to be maintained better. As far as the weeds and garbage, I picked up a bag of garbage so hopefully it inspires people that they can do it too.” Storm drains serve an important role, especially in times like this weekend where heavy rain, even storm surge is projected. “Water on the streets that comes out into the roadways, runs off somewhere it doesn't go to a water treatment plant. It does eventually end up out into a large water source like Tampa Bay or the Hillsborough River,” said Allan Antolik, deputy director of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, the nonprofit that headed up the beautification project. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/storm-drain-paintings-tampa/67-09b14ab6-29c1-4430-80b3-0689a3f90f1d ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay