Projects

2024-2025 Projects

In 2023 Arts Alive Chicago was designated as a Grant recipient from the State to design and install a SCULPTURE WALK along north Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. I supervised the project and with the help of Eric Craig (www.ericcraigstudios.com) we dedicated the NW ART TRAIL (www.NW-art-trail.com) on October 4, 2025. It featured 5 new sculptures that we installed to compliment the existing 5 sculptures along with 10 murals along or adjacent to the Trail. Eric Craig designed the logo for the Trail based on the tile trail markers designed by Romy & Clare (RomyandClare.com).

Small Business art solutions

How do you let customers know there is a lovely cocktail lounge upstairs? With intriguing art that sets the mood of course. Albion Manor’s upstairs Parlour:

Staircase mural of woman in pink dress. — Finding the Way

2023 Projects

Photo Op for AirBnB in Michigan

2022 Projects

Poetry to Inspire art…

In 2022 I created the artwork for the amazing Yvonne Zipter’s NEW book of poetry “The Wordless Lullaby of Crickets”

…and a garage door to celebrate excellence.

Starting a new after-school project…

Photo Op for Local Yoga Studio

2019 Projects:

Design diversity mural for stairwell of Hibbard Elementary and work with students and parents to paint the mural.

MLK Day project @ I Grow Chicago Peace House in Englewood. Creating a personal peace board.

2018 Projects:

WOMEN’S GROUP MEDICINE WHEEL/WISDOM WHEEL

Over the past few weeks I have been the art component of creating a joint Medicine Wheel and Wisdom Wheel in the garden of IGC’s Peace House. The women have painted & decorated pavers, rocks were donated and flowers will be planted to complete the installation.

Colorful books on a table — painted pavers

People sitting in a room — women s group

People standing in a garden — wisdom welcome

People discussing in an outdoor setting — Wisdom prayer

People taking a group picture — Wheel creation team

SEE THE PEOPLE

In partnership with the I Grow Chicago Peace House in West Englewood, Chicago, I am teaching portraiture to local residents with the objectives of:

teaching a valuable skill
staging a portrait street festival
staging a portrait drawing @The Table event with police and ex-offenders drawing each other
installing a public mural composed of the portraits of the community, by the community

A man and a kid sketching — Young teaches old

Kids in sketching a room — Father and son

A boy sketching with a canvas stand — Clarence adds his mark

Peace Wishes

With a YOPA grant from Chicago’s DCASE and the input from Alderman Lopez, I am working with the students at Henderson Elementary in West Englewood to connect with their internal images of peace and create a unique installation of 275 individually decorated metal doves for an exterior installation in the community. Weeks of classes that begin with a yoga tune-in taught by Mr. J. from IGC’s Peace House have created colorful results to be shared in the school, at home and in the community.