Steve Coker of Brooklyn studies a truck suspended from a tree as Roberto Marquez touched up the red paint. The truck, donated by a friend of Marquez, represents the one that plunged into the Patapsco River with bridge highway workers inside. Some visitors wonder if it is the actual truck from the disaster. (Staff/Amy Davis)Roberto Marquez, an artist from Dallas, Texas, came to Baltimore to build a memorial for the six workers who perished when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being rammed by the container ship Dali. Marquez said “We want to build our place for our family, to honor their loved ones and find some hope.” (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Family members of Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, one of the six workers who died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by the container ship Dali, visit the memorial and add their handprints with the encouragement of mural artist Roberto Marquez. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)The cross for Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez at the memorial created by volunteers for the six workers who perished when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, includes his wedding photo. Luna, 49, from El Salvador, lived in Glen Burnie with his wife Maria del Carmen and their children. His body was recovered on May 1. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Roberto Marquez, left, speaks at a mid-April vigil to honor the six Latino workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Marquez, with help from many volunteers, created the memorial on Fort Armistead Road to create a space where the community can pay their respects and find solace. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Lucia Contreras, 4, came with her mother, Lesly. Ramirez, to a vigil to honor the six workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26. Ramirez is from Guatemala, the homeland of two of the workers who perished, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera and Jose Mynor Lopez. The memorial site on Fort Armistead Road, created two weeks earlier, was created by a Texas artist and volunteers in the Latino community to provide a space to mourn and heal.Artist Roberto Marques, center, watches on March 31 as volunteers from the Los Yonkes club for truck and car enthusiasts begin to construct a memorial on Fort Armistead Road to the six workers who perished when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a container ship strike. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)The final dramatic component conceived by artist Roberto Marquez at the memorial to honor the six workers who died after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, is a red pickup truck painted to represent the truck that fell into the Patapsco River with highway workers inside. The truck also attracts attention to the shrine by passing motorists on Fort Smallwood Road. (Staff/Amy Davis)Roberto Marquez, a self-taught artist, finishes his interpretation of the red truck that plunged into the Patapsco River with highway workers inside when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. The mural, almost 64 feet long, forms the backdrop of a memorial installation to honor the six Latino victims. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Roberto Marquez, an artist from Dallas, Texas who creates memorial art installations after tragedies, grabs a handful of brushes to clean after working intensively for a week on a mural for the six workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster on March 26. (Staff/Amy Davis)Mackon Guerra Lopez, 30, mourns his older brother, Jose Mynor Lopez, who died with five other workers when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. His brother’s body, the final victim to be pulled from the Patapsco River, was recovered six weeks after the disaster. The memorial on Fort Armistead Road to the six workers draws many visitors, including family members and friends of the victims. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Volunteers from the Los Yonkes social club assisted mural artist Roberto Marquez by building crosses to honor the six workers who died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. With help from dozens of volunteers in the Latino community, flags, personal items, flowers and landscaping continue to enhance the memorial on Fort Armistead Road. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Roberto Marquez, an artist from Dallas, Texas, paints canvas panels to tell the tragic story of the six highway workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Marquez’s painting style is inspired by “Guernica,” a powerful painting by Pablo Picasso that expresses the anguish of the Spanish Civil War. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Roberto Marquez shows one of the bandoliers he uses to hold his brushes when he is painting. He added six flowers to represent the six Latino workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, with one black flower to represent the last worker, Jose Mynor Lopez, whose body has not yet been recovered. Marquez transforms the old-fashioned bandolier, traditionally used in war to hold cartridges, into a message of peace with flowers. (Staff/Amy Davis)Austin Collins of Orchard Beach assists his son, Ryker, 5, in writing a message on the mural painted by Roberto Marquez, an artist from Dallas. Marquez encourages visitors to leave messages on the mural at the memorial to honor the six workers who fell to their death when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by the container ship Dali. (Staff/Amy Davis)In his mural honoring the workers who perished when the container ship Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, artist Roberto Marquez makes a sly reference to the ship by painting a portrait of artist Salvador Dali. Marquez invites visitors to write messages on his canvas panels. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)Texas artist Roberto Marquez, left, gently converses with Jacinto Lopez, of Chiquimula, Guatemala, who traveled to Baltimore where his grandson, Jose Mynor Lopez, died with five other workers when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. Lopez is waiting for the body of his grandson to be recovered so that he can bring the body to their homeland. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)
