Her picture graces some unusual spots — the wall of a vacant building, the corner of a busy freeway overpass, and the side of a concrete pillar holding up a bridge.

If you drive in the Muskegon area, chances are you've seen her face. But if you're like most of us, you're probably asking yourself: Who is she?

Darlene Krause hopes to find the answer. She encountered one of the three known graffiti images of the mysterious woman's face on Thursday morning at the corner of West Western Avenue and Sixth Street in downtown Muskegon as she drove to work.

“I stopped dead in the middle of Western Avenue and I thought, 'when did they do this?'” said Krause, general manager at the nearby Tipsy Toad Tavern. “I love graffiti art.”

The other spots where the image has been found are the Sternberg Road U.S. 31 overpass and the Airport Road bridge over Seaway Drive. Both spots are in Norton Shores.

Norton Shores Police Lt. Jon Gale said police have not received calls about the graffiti. When graffiti occurs, a police officer typically photographs the art and files a report.

Finding the person responsible “is difficult,” although it's “not impossible,” Gale said. It all depends on how frequently or widespread the graffiti is occurring.

“We really haven't had that much problems with it,” Gale said of graffiti. “Typically, we don't get a lot.”

The graffiti doesn't appear to have been done using spray paint. Rather, the image seems to have been pasted on the wall.

Both images in Norton Shores are on state highway bridges, which are the property of the state, said John Richard, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Transportation.

He said graffiti removal is covered by MDOT's maintenance budget. Workers might clean the U.S. 31 location next week, probably with a power washer.

As for finding the "artist" and making him or her pay for the removal, that's “highly unlikely,” Richard said.

Although the “odds of catching the culprit increase” since the graffiti has been found in more than one spot, he added.

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