A photo of a watercolor painting in a black frame. The painting depicts a two-story brick building with a band of blue sky occupying the top third or so of the image. The shadows of a row of overturned barstools run across the wall and painting
16 of my watercolors will be on display at Lula Cafe for the next few months. Eight of these paintings are for sale, and you can find details on my website. Prints are available as well.
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1610405031: 4240 West Lake Street
4240 West Lake Street
A watercolor painting of a blue door inset in a wall of peach colored brick. Parts of the brick wall are covered in fading and chipping white paint. Two pay phones are mounted on the wall, though only one of them still has a phone. A sign hangs above the door and reads “No Loitering by order of Chicago Police” in fading letters. A sliver of a larger garage door is seen to the right of the blue door.
Nationwide Hand Car Wash
3006 W Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago
A watercolor painting of the side of a building. The building is a light sandy grey color, with dark inset windows separated by columns. At the bottom of the painting, the top of an archway is visible, likely true front entrance. Next to it is a colorful series of individual letters that spell “CARE”. Above this, four windows are evenly spaced along the second floor. Above these is another row of 3rd story windows. A yellow sign reads “FOR RENT” in red lettering.
Learn and Grow Childcare
2820 W North Ave.
Chicago
Two-story fram building decorated in black and white stripes with a red, green, and white sign that says Jose's New & Used Tires & Rims.
One-story orange brick building with a stepped parapet wall with an arch in the center. The door is in the center, and above it is a yellow square with a hubcap mounted on it. On either side of the door are two tires, painted yellow attached to the wall below yellow and black signs in English and Spanish.
One-story brick tire shop painted bright orange-red. There is a customer door at the left, topped with a painting of Jesus. Next to that is a large glass block window and on the right is the garage door. There are paintings of tires at various places above the garage door. "4 Brothers Tire Shop, Inc." is painted in black and white at top left.
One-story brick building with a flat roof. The brick is painted dark red, pale yellow, and brown. Pictures of tires, painted in black, white, and yellow, decorated the front. On either side are the words "TIRE SHOP", painted vertically. The address is painted yellow in the center of the building.
Chicago tire shops are excellent.
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
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In an attempt to raise money for Gaza, I’m producing a limited edition 8”x10” print of this painting. More info on my instagram @bus.stop.paintings
A watercolor painting of a storefront. A metal grate is closed over the recessed entrance to the store, but boots and shoes and a shirt can be seen in display windows. A sign hands above the entrance and part of it reads “DO SHOE STORE”. Above that is part of a sign that reads “LGADO” and to the right of that is part of another sign that reads “DEL”. Below this last sign is a glass door that leads to some orange steps that disappear into the dark.
Delgado Shoe Store
3504 W 26th Ave.
Chicago
A watercolor painting of the entrance to an auto shop. An orange metal grate covers a grey door flanked by orange painted brick with the words “BRAKES” and “TIRES” written vertically. A window is covered in white board with the words “ac charge, brakes rotor, suspension, flats six, batteries, wheel bearings” written on it. Some of the brick exterior is also painted a light yellow. And empty white sign hangs above the window and door
Johnson’s Transmission
4528 W Madison St
Chicago
Jeanette Vizguerra, a leader of the immigrants’ rights/ sanctuary movement, and a friend of mine, was grabbed by ICE last night. Please consider signing this petition and giving to her family’s gofundme: secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette
A watercolor painting of a building entrance. A recessed door is flanked by storefront windows, which are covered by a metal grate. A grate over the doorway is half closed. Graffiti and tags cover the door, and the reflections of buildings are visible in the glass windows. A strip of red brick above the windows runs horizontally across the painting.
1149 W 18th St
Chicago
The building in 1908
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A watercolor painting of a storefront. Above the central door hangs a yellow sign with the words “We buy gold, diamonds, silver, electronics, tools, antiques, etc.” written in blue. Flanking the door, the storefront windows are blocked by plywood on one side and piled high with cardboard boxes on the other side. A pink bay window juts out from the second floor of the building, its windows cast in shadow or reflecting a neighboring building.
2617 W. North Ave
Chicago
A watercolor painting of an orange brick building. Blue-grey doors flank four narrow windows with closed curtains. A sign above the windows reads “Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry / Where the power of god is always falling / Eld. Calvin L Brown Sr. Pastor”. The shadow of a light pole runs across the sidewalk and up the face of the building
Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry
2436 W Division St
Chicago
I think the work you do means a lot, and it stands in stark contrast to so much ugly and superficial junk online
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Thank you!
An oil painting of the side of a grocery store. The words Pulaski Market hang above a row of windows filled with advertisements for aguacate, queso, and corn chips. The front of a red pick is visible along the curb, and a man in an orange shirt stands on the roof of the entrance, doing some work on the building.
North Pulaski Fresh Market
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
Nooo!
Excellent
monochrome linocut print showing cta #53 Pulaski bus stopped at Montrose
#53 Pulaski @chicagocta.bsky.social bus at Montrose
A photo of a low brick building with metal grating over the doors and windows. Above these is a yellow stripe of painted brick with the words “Food” & “Rosie’s Food Mart” in blue, red, and black paint, which is faded and chipping
A photo of the same building but it has been painted white and the doors and windows black. The word “Sparrow” is painted above the door
Another one
Not at the moment, maybe in the coming year though
A watercolor of an abandoned laundromat. A sign that “Washtown USA” in fading black letters hangs over dark glass windows. Two steps lead up to a recessed entry cast in dark shadows. Above the store, sand-colored aluminum siding is bisected by uneven dark brown aluminum trim that juts out with a bay window, casting more shadow below it. A patch of blue sky is visible in the corner above the neighboring building
WASHTOWN USA
4036 W. Montrose, Chicago
Color photo of a 2-story story building in light tan terra cotta. Parapet features three rounded nubs. A pull-down garage-door-like screen covers what would be a shop window. Lines of gold terra cotta extend from the parapet through the second floor. Between floors in a striking maroon Art Deco font: STARSIAK, then below in smaller letters CLOTHING.
A 🧵 lost in migration: A little background on 1205 N. Milwaukee Ave, built in 1937-38, for haberdasher Andrzej/Andrew Starsiak, designed by Anton A. Tocha.
Hopefully! Working on getting a print I’m happy with, which I’ll put on my online store too
Thank you! You might also like the work of @john-morris.bsky.social, similar subject matter but a very different style
I’ll be selling prints at the Cafe Calidá market
They’ve been flying over Humboldt Park all day
