Daniel Doherty

{{Short description|American graffiti artist}}

Daniel Doherty is a San Franciscan street artist. He is widely known for creating graffiti murals in the Mission District. Clarion Alley Mural Project participates in spreading awareness of heroes worldwide. Every year, 200,000 people visit these murals in San Francisco's Mission District."Clarion Alley Mural Project." Clarion Alley Mural Project. Retrieved 2016-10-27. In 2011, Doherty painted an informative mural of Mohamed Bouazizi. The mural consists of a painting of Bouazizi surrounded by an explanation of how he became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution."Mohamed Bouazizi - Clarion Alley Mural Project." Clarion Alley Mural Project. Retrieved 2016-10-27. Laura Lengel, author of "Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media," mention the significance of Doherty's mural of Mohamed Bouazizi. They describe Doherty's work of art as an "alternative offline media form."Lengel, Laura (2014). Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media. Emerald Group Publishing. Doherty's mural educated each visitor about this Tunisian martyr while promoting local art, helping spread Bouazizi's actions worldwide. Doherty has created several murals that consist of a local homeless man. These images touch on social problems. In one of them titles "Everything Must Go!" a bookstore filled with books about San Francisco is going out of business."Everything Must Go! - Clarion Alley Mural Project." Clarion Alley Mural Project. Retrieved 2016-10-27. He has also captured a famous location in San Francisco, Dolores Park, where he used pointillism."A Sunday Afternoon at Dolores Park (2009)." www.sfmuralarts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27.