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Artist Kaitlyn Beiriger’s 2021 mural “Time Piece” at 1014 S. Michigan Ave.

‘Twilight Zone’ and the pandemic inspired artist Kaitlyn Beiriger’s South Loop mural

The artist watched reruns of the black-and-white sci-fi TV series to pass time amid COVID shutdowns. That led to her mural ‘Time Piece’ at 1014 S. Michigan Ave.

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Langston Allston painted this mural in September 2021 at 20 S. Campbell Ave.

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Fleeing Hurricane Ida, Langston Allston came to Chicago and created this mural

The artist says his inspiration was the generosity and charity that came after the hurricane ravaged much of Louisiana.

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Sergio Maciel’s “Ice Cream Break” mural at 2100 W. Cermak Rd. in Pilsen, which he painted in August.

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In Pilsen mural, Sergio Maciel uses masks to celebrate the neighborhood’s diversity

Growing up in Chicago sparked the artist’s interest in the ‘differences between people and the commonalities between one another.’

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“The Radiance of Being,” a 180-foot-long mural artist Kate Lewis painted in 2020 along the Chicago River downtown.

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For Riverwalk mural, artist Kate Lewis drew inspiration from classic Chicago architecture

“The Radiance of Being” celebrates iconic Chicago structures with Art Deco elements, including The Rookery, the Palmer House and the Palmolive Building.

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Laura Catherwood painted this mural, titled “Birdfrog,” in September 2021 at 1704 N. Damen Ave. in Wicker Park.

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In Wicker Park mural, Laura Catherwood’s ‘Birdfrog’ mural marries nature with whimsy

The Humboldt Park artist — who put aside her background in molecular biology to be an artist — painted the mural last year on a vacant building at 1704 N. Damen Ave.

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Anthony Lewellen’s “Resting Waters Rising Light,” completed in October 2020 at 844 W. Montrose Ave. in Uptown.

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In Uptown mural, artist Anthony Lewellen combines a love of nature and ‘concrete and light poles’

The six-story mural at 844 W. Montrose Ave. aims to show ‘an overlap between nature and the urban environment . . . these two things that I feel like I’m kind of always wrestling with.’

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Cheri Lee Carlton’s “Hummingbird Dream” mural, which she painted in July 2021 on a building at 1538 N. Clybourn Ave. in Lincoln Park.

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With her hummingbird mural in Lincoln Park, Cheri Lee Charlton aims to draw you in to linger

She painted the mural last year on a building at 1538 N. Clybourn Ave.

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