The best murals in West Palm Beach: top destination for street art lovers

There’s something about outdoor murals that transform impersonal cityscapes into large outdoor galleries. And if the artist nails it, we pause, absorb, and grin at the beauty, the cleverness, the story that we’ve become a part of by noticing. A stories-tall depiction of adolescent love, a rainbow-colored reimagining of Einstein, a tale of golden apples; all these lurk in downtown West Palm Beach. Indeed, the community of business, government and organizational leaders have been voracious in the pursuit of murals to adorn the cityscape — so much so that by one estimate there are more than 40 of them. If we take a moment to look around, we can catch glimpses of beautiful women rising from the Intracoastal waters and historical figures keeping watch over West Palm Beach streets. Here are some of our favorites. More murals throughout Palm Beach County West Palm Beach West Palm Beach artist Kate Lynn Lewis creates ‘The Real Wild Life’ mural on the side of Duffy’s Sports Grill in downtown West Palm. More on artist Kate Lynn Lewis:Nationally renowned muralist does first work in hometown West Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens Artist, Benjamin Heller of Boca Raton, paints colorful mural on the tax collector’s...