San Antonio artist Gilberto Durán, whose work adorns many high-profile restaurants, has died

Gilbert Durán, a self-taught artist whose work adorns many of the Alamo City's most popular restaurants and businesses, died on Tuesday, according to social media posts by friends. Durán was a Southtown fixture, where he worked out of his Studio 911, producing colorful, dramatic paintings that could later be be seen on the walls of eateries including Rosario's, SoLuna, Bohanan's and Boudro's. "I like to go to restaurants and look at my paintings, and look at people looking at my work ... pointing to it ... and you wish you could hear what they’re saying," Durán told the Current in 2014.