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 6

Whoot Mural Day 6

Day 6 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. Short day as time was tight due to some family commitments. Thanks to Shannon who came out to aid me in painting some detail on the Owl.

Whoot Mural Day 5

Whoot Mural Day 5

Day 5 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale on Belmont between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Kedzie Avenue. Shannon lent me a big hand through the afternoon and early evening in firming up the shape of the owl. Later in the evening fellow artist Jerry Rogowski came by and acted as […]

Whoot Mural Day 4

Whoot Mural Day 4

Day 4 at the Whoot mural in the community of Avondale at Belmont and Kedzie started out on sour note as I arrived to find the clean wall and sketch I had done had been tagged. A bit of delay to make a trip to the paint store to purchase some primer and soon back […]

Manifest Mural Day 7

Manifest Mural Day 7

Day 7 at the M(ani)fest Mural kicked off with a live paint of Panel 8 by the Bike 45 bicycle group which I sketched out the night before. Heather, Jerry and I also had a visit by Alderman John Arena and a bit later in the day Cyd Similie stopped by to lend her talents […]

Manifest Mural Day 6

Manifest Mural Day 6

Day 6 at the M(ani)fest Mural was spent outlining panels 1 and 3 on the right side of the wall and performing clean up on panel 4

Manifest Mural Day 4

Manifest Mural Day 4

Day 4 at the M(ani)fest Mural was spent working on final color blocking of the panels on the right side of the wall.

Manifest Mural Day 3

Posted on Oct 6, 2013 in M(ani)Fest Mural, Murals, Painting, Public Art, Tony Passero
Manifest Mural Day 3

Day 3 at the Manifest Mural. Spent the day color blocking Panels 1 and 4 while welcoming visitors to the site for Chicago Artist’s Month. Below are some shots of folks and kids who came out to participate in the live paint of the M(ani)fest Mural

Manifest Mural Day 2

Posted on Oct 5, 2013 in M(ani)Fest Mural, Murals, Painting, Public Art, Tony Passero
Manifest Mural Day 2

Day 2 at the Manifest Mural. Worked progressed to Panels 3 and 5 with some help from Jerry Rogowski and Emily Ann Taylor.