Mural at Mattison Avenue Salon Suites & Spa on Garland Road. Photo by Renee Umsted.

There’s a mural being painted on the wall of a new salon off Garland Road.

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It’s on the east side of the Mattison Avenue Salon Suites & Spa building, in full view of anyone in the Chick-fil-A parking lot or drivers on Garland heading toward the Arboretum.

The mural brightens up the solid-colored building, which used to be MidSouth Bank.

When we visited this morning, we didn’t see anyone painting, and we didn’t notice an artist’s signature or social media handle.

Christopher Gonzalez, C.Joseph, is the artist who completed the mural.

“The inspiration was mainly beautification within the beauty salon industry,” Gonzalez says. “I used my ‘torn’/’tear’ series for this piece to depict all the different professions in several layers. I like using this style to build up a story or layer in different looks within one mural.”

Update (April 14): Information about the artist has been added.