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Whale
Wicker Park, Chicago
May 2012
My first of 3 installments for the wall outside Violet Hour, a long-time Chicago speak-easy on Damen Avenue that features an ever-rotating mural out front.
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the afterlife
Chef Paul Kahan later had me immortalize the mural on a small scale for him to hang on his wall. This is acrylic on wood panel.