CrossCuts Mural Day 1

Posted on Jun 27, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 1

Cyd Smillie of Arts Alive Chicago contacted me to let me know she had some summer interns available for immediate work and as such Cyd had planned to utilize them to get an early jump on scraping the wall yesterday. Cyd managed these hard working young ladies so well that by mid-morning they had not […]

CrossCuts Mural Announcement

Posted on Jun 24, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Announcement

Pleased to announce I will be working to execute a new mural on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. The Addison and Avondale Mural and Garden committee asked me to come up with a mural that would work with Rafael Lopez’s mural on the south wall. Rafael Lopez is a […]

Whoot Mural Day 14

Posted on Jun 18, 2014 in Chicago, Murals, Owl Mural, Public Art, Tony Passero, Whoot Mural
Whoot Mural Day 14

Day 14 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. Last Day at the mural. Shannon and Nico joined me to paint in the trapezoid of the Avondale marker on the side wrap. I then focused on giving the owl a final pinstripe. […]

Whoot Mural Day 13

Posted on Jun 17, 2014 in Chicago, Murals, Owl Mural, Public Art, Tony Passero, Whoot Mural
Whoot Mural Day 13

Day 13 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. I felt pretty strongly the Whoot mural needed something on the small panel that wraps to the Kennedy Expressway Belmont exit so I sketched up an idea over lunch. Jerry and I went […]

Whoot Mural Day 12

Posted on Jun 16, 2014 in Chicago, Murals, Owl Mural, Tony Passero, Whoot Mural
Whoot Mural Day 12

Day 12 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. After work today I swung by Home depot and purchased materials to install the drip edge across the top of the mural. Jerry met me at the site shortly thereafter and we proceeded […]

Whoot Mural Day 11

Posted on Jun 15, 2014 in Chicago, Murals, Owl Mural, Public Art, Tony Passero, Whoot Mural
Whoot Mural Day 11

Day 11 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. I focused on completing the unique patterns in the circles while Jerry painted in the rest of the purple background across the top of the mural. The main wall is now done with […]

Whoot Mural Day 10

Posted on Jun 14, 2014 in Chicago, Murals, Owl Mural, Public Art, Tony Passero, Whoot Mural
Whoot Mural Day 10

Day 10 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. I started out focusing on working in more unique patterns in the circles that surround the owl. I’m pushing to get 89 custom circles in the mural to honor the year 1889 the […]

Whoot Mural Day 9

Whoot Mural Day 9

Day 9 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. I focused on filling in the 70 or so circles with unique patterns while fellow artists Jerry Rogowski, Cyd Smillie and Shannon Kemp came by to fill in the murals deep purple background. […]

Whoot Mural Day 8

Whoot Mural Day 8

Day 8 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. Rain delayed the start but once it broke I was able to jump and move closer to getting the detail finished in the owl. Later in the evening fellow artists Jerry Rogowski and […]

Whoot Mural Day 7

Whoot Mural Day 7

Day 7 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. A long day at the mural and the owl is getting closer to completion. In the afternoon Shannon came by to complete some detail on the Owl while I began to layout and […]