Dan Cherney is an illustrator and a bit of a modern-day renaissance man. He graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art where he majored in illustration. He also obtained a teaching certificate from Cleveland State University and now uses those skills as a teacher of art in North Olmsted, Ohio. 
He began doing Maddonari-style outdoor chalk art about several years ago after being inspired by the now famous chalk artist Kurt Wenner. 

Dan has been an artist at the Oberlin Chalk Walk since 2007.