A North Texas graffiti artist uses his skills to celebrate others

ALEDO – Travel down Bankhead Highway in Aledo and you will notice a large sign. It’s not for a business, but for birthdays. The sign is constantly changing with new reasons for celebration. Every vehicle that passes draws eyes to a new work of art by an artist who never signs his name.  The artist is a mystery to much of the community, and that’s exactly how he wants it. “I’m out here in the middle of the night spraying, almost like I’m undercover,” said Ruben Orozco. Orozco’s gift is not just his art, but his faith.  “If I’m able to pray for these names as I’m spray painting them and that the kids will rise up and become what God has created them to be and that’s where it became ministry,” he said. Each spray of the can is a reminder to him that life is precious. “If it wasn’t for Aledo, I wouldn’t be doing this,” he said.  The art form he uses now to celebrate, he learned because of a troubled past with gang violence and drugs. “I never used to celebrate life with my story…it’s like God broke me. Because I took life for granted for...