I've never done any kind of street art. I am a 70 year-old retired guy - have dabbled in art, photography and building stuff for several years now. But I had a thought, and I wondered what people think. Is this legal, does that matter, and would it work? Might it look good?

It seems to me that with appropriate paint & stencils, a telephone pole could be transformed into a kinda contemporary totem pole.

Any thoughts on how one might do this? Is it as simple as, 1)make stencil, 2) go out when there are few people around, 3) apply stencil and paint?