Walt “Wali” Neil is an Ohio mural artist known for his murals in Columbus and Cleveland. He painted the floral design on the building at the corner of Parsons and Reinhard Avenues.
Neil's African guide on one of his African trips named him "Wali" - a Kiswahili word meaning "friend."
He is an accomplished vocalist, drummer and teacher of the arts. His talents have taken him on a journey around the world, teaching art and music courses in the fishing village of Ngor in Senegal, West Africa, and consultant to Harambee II, Wholistic Stress Control Institute in Atlanta, work in Jamaica, an artist-in-residence at the African American Museum in Cleveland.
His art has been seen in the King Arts Complex in Columbus, a "Heal The World" festival at the Cleveland Museum of Art and at Cleveland's City Hall.