It started 11 years ago when John A. Copley walked into Seyfried Jewelers and asked owner Jim Hart why his windows weren't painted for the holidays, Hart replied the artist died and asked if Copley wanted to do it.

From that point on Copley has been painting storefront windows for the holidays on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and his work has spread to the Nickels Arcade.

Copley calls himself and a group of artists he uses the Brush Monkeys. The group is made up of Copley's nephew and artist David Zinn, cartoonist Danijel Matanic, Mary Thiefels of Tree Town Murals and Callie Jeske.

Patrick Record is an intern reporter for The Ann Arbor News.