CrossCuts Mural Day 5
Day 5 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. After wrapping late last night I worked into the evening on sketching and a revising a design solution for the two side panels that wrap the wall at the Kennedy exit. Shannon worked deep into the […]
CrossCuts Mural Day 4
Day 4 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. I arrived at the site super early to survey the wall and plan out a course of action for the day. The mural location is usually a spot of hustle and bustle but as today was […]
CrossCuts Mural Day 3
Day 3 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. I met up with the first wave of artists which included Cyd Smilie, Shannon Kemp Passero, Juan Carlos Frias, Maria Guasso and Jonathan Herrera from Day 2 along with Victoria Granacki, Annalis DeLaCruz and Grace Bazylewski. […]
CrossCuts Mural Day 2
Day 2 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. The Addison and Avondale Mural and Garden Committee asked me to open the painting of the piece to local artists so they can participate in the execution of the mural. After having some meetings and a […]
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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