Murals
2025 MURALS INSIDE AND OUT
IN THE SPRING OF. 2025 I designed a welcome mural for the main entrance of Haugan Elementary in Chicago. Students not only painted (what they could reach without a ladder) but added their own characters to the mural.
Haugan Students Create an Indoor Park – Fall 2024
Also in the spring was a small window mural I did for PEBA’s entry in the Chicago Art Institute’s PROJECT WINDOWS whose featured artist was Caillebotte. ( We won first place.)
In the SUMMER of 2025 I designed and painted one long mural in three parts for the new beer garden of LAKE EFFECT BREWERY anddddd an exterior mural that wrapped the corner of the building including their new sign.
In the fall of 2025 I assisted local artist Wesley Truman Daniel in the painting of his first super large scale mural (16′ x 110′) for the Forest Glen Community Club
HAUGAN ELEMENTARY SUMMER CAMP DANCES – 2024
CAMPERS created their own avatars out of cardboard, tissue and paint, then painted their full selves into the mural dancing in the “river of life”
HAUGAN ELEMENTARY WELCOMES ALL CULTURES – 2024
Dunning Library Summer Art Project for Interns goes 3-D
Portage Park/Craigin Library Summer Art Project for Interns:
2023 Starts with the End of the Stairwell Murals at Hibbard Elementary
Murals – Summer/Fall 2022
2022 late summer and fall included 5 murals: a stairwell mural, “The Immigrants” for Hibbard Elementary summer program; a small 10′ mural of the NYSE for an office conference room, a 100′ underpass mural, “…And the Bees” for the Old Irving Park area, a 20’x40′ “Stay Tuned” mural for CANTv’s new building and a 10’x100′ group mural which I organized and painted in part, “Music You Can See” funded by the Six Corners Association. As I write this I am also working on the 4th of 4 stairwell murals for Hibbard Elementary with the students in an after-school program.
2022 Murals
Working indoors for the winter months of early 2022 has meant a beautiful floral mural for the new bar, The Albion Manor, two bathroom murals for their parlor, a three-story stairwell mural @Hibbard Elementary School in Albany Park, , a postal area and a community room mural for the new 5150.
2021 MURALS
2021 started with a bright and humorous announcement of LAKE EFFECT BREWING’s planned move to the former firehouse in Jefferson Park. Then it was going “underground” to the riverfront to add a photo op vista to a grey boat slip space. Rounding out the year was an after school program with 5th and 6th graders @Hibbard Elementary in Albany Park – another stairwell mural)
Late Summer 2021 FINALLY meant approval to paint the new Irving Park Gateway Mural @Kolmar designed by Jill Arena and painted by me with a few student volunteers and the always wonderful Jerry !
2020 MURALS
Dandy Crown Reopens
Gale Street Inn Reopens
Covid Comics @ Six Corners
2019 Murals
“Out of the Fire” mural for Village of Niles
Chicago Stairwell – South
Chicago Stairwell – North
Hibbard Elementary Stairwell
“In Service” Mural 10′ x 80′ Wallace south of Pershing – Bridgeport 8/15/18-
with the help of community volunteers and the great Linda, Lindsey, Elliana, and Ayiana!
“Homefront” Mural 10′ x 80′ Wallace south of Pershing -Bridgeport 7/29/18
“King of Peace” Mural 12′ x 80′ Damen b/w 58th & 59th West-Englewood 6/30/18 – Designed by Darrel Pulliam
“Messages” 12′ x 80′ Damen b/w 58th & 59th east -Englewood 6/15/18
“What We Create” 8′ x 32′ Installed @63rd & Honore in August 2017
“Horses Wild” a mural in 17 pieces @ Hawthorne Race Course – February 2017
“Baseball Rules” 12′ x 400′- 35th Street & Comisky Park – August 2016
“The Leather, The Wood & The Dream” 12’x 400′ -35th & Comisky Park – Sept 2016
“River’s Memory” 30′ x 130′ – Main St, Rockport, IN- July 2016
“Re:Thinking” 12′ x 100′ – Ainsley & Lipps, Chicago, IL – October 2015
“After Vivaldi – Fall/Winter” 12′ x 120′ – Elston & Lamon, Chicago, IL – September 2015
“After Vivaldi-Spring/Summer” 12′ x 100′ – Elston & Lamon, Chicago, Il – Sept 2015
“Unlock Your Potential” – 6′ x 30′ – Chicago, IL 2015
“16th Precinct Garage” 8′ x 30′ – 16th Precinct, Chicago, Il – 2014
“Illinois Youth Center” mural 8’x30′ – Chicago, IL
“Bicycle Fence” mural 5′ x 20′ vinyl – Jefferson Park, IL
“Deco Hounds” 10’x80′ – Klee Plaza Breezeway – Co-design with Jax Nakasena
MURALS PAINTED BY CYD SMILLIE – LEAD ARTIST
Murals as Assistant
