MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — We’ve been telling you about places to enjoy holiday decorations from county fairgrounds to major league ballparks, to your very own neighborhood. It's where people offer their own version of holiday cheer.

Matt McAllister is a full-time mural artist creating his annual temporary holiday artwork, right on his driveway.

It’s one of his biggest canvases (besides his house) perfect for a three-dimensional painting.

This year, it’s a melting snowman, delightful for some holiday Instagram fun.

“Well, anytime I can create my own displays, I'm going to do it,” said McAllister. "Nobody else is going to have what I have.”

McAllister hopes his gift of art might brighten someone’s holiday as they pass through his Palmetto Point neighborhood, just outside Palmetto city limits.

It all starts at his computer. McAllister chooses a picture and superimposes it over a picture of his driveway. He then lays a 1-inch by 1-inch square grid over the driveway picture to serve as a guide after he digitally stretches the picture to give it a 3D look.

“And it ends up becoming this long, drawn-out skewed image,” McAllister explained.

The grid transfers to 1-foot by 1-foot squares in real life, giving McAllister a sort-of map. He remakes the grid on the driveway with string and duct tape.

“What I’m doing I’m taking all that work I did on the computer and I’m just duplicating it on a larger scale,” he said.

McAllister follows the pattern, outlining the entire image in a light-colored tempura paint that he can easily paint over and cover.

Day one is in the books. Day two is all about the color. This process helps McAllister really “see” the artwork.

“Especially when it's 3D and it's all stretched out and looks a little weird,” said McAllister, sitting on his driveway, painting. “It's really hard to tell what it is sometimes."

As the melting snowman begins to live, McCallister uses chalk for highlights.

“The chalk won't stay quite as long as the paint will,” he said. “But when I'm done with this, I'll spray a light coating of hairspray over top of the chalk and it'll hold there from the elements, from the weather and stuff. It'll stay longer.”

For McAllister, this annual driveway event is what he has to offer to his friends in Palmetto Point.

“This is definitely like my Christmas gift for the neighborhood,” he said. “Everybody seems to like it and especially the kids.

“And as long as it doesn't rain, it should last for a few weeks.”

For all the neighbors creating a little or a lot of holiday cheer, may the good vibes linger longer than it takes the paint to disappear.