Artist Cecilia Beaven’s mural shows animals common in the Chicago area, but the colors and shapes in the painting make these ordinary creatures feel other-worldly. Genevieve Bookwalter/Sun-Times ...

Irving Park Road in Portage Park. The president of the nonprofit Arts Alive Chicago, Smillie, of Mayfair, has painted and overseen dozens of murals around Chicago. On a whim, she applied to do ...