Nature might be uncooked and merciless.
But in Caesar Perez’s mural in West Town, there’s concord and peace between what in any other case could be rival animals in the true world.
A fiery orange cat sleeps lazily as colourful songbirds perch atop it.
Little blue mice curl up close to the cat’s paws that in any other case is perhaps weapons.
An in depth-up view of Caesar Perez’s West Town mural.
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“I wanted to evoke peace and comfort in the environment, a time of rest from craziness of everyday life,” says Perez, who’s based mostly in Pilsen and who grew up in Logan Square in addition to Stone Park.
“The cat, birds and mice sleeping in one place, being at peace, the mice and birds being comfortable with the cat and the cat being gentle with the smaller animals that normally would be hunted by the cat.”
Pilsen artist Caesar Perez.
Located at Chicago and Marshfield avenues on the facet of a Mexican grill, the portray was achieved in June and is titled “Resting Place.” It was commissioned by the West Town Chamber of Commerce and funded by means of a particular property tax fund.
Beyond making an attempt to seize and convey “tranquility,” Perez needed the art work to “appeal to all age groups, and have some interactivity with the community.”
“I’ve been told by various people online that their entire family loves to take photos in front of the mural which is what I was hoping for.”
Another mural achieved by Caesar Perez in 2023, this one in Canada.
Asked how the idea for the mural originated, Perez says, “It was just an idea that I came up with. I’m an animal person, not necessarily just cats, all kinds of animals, I grew up with all sorts of animals.”
Perez painted an identical mural final fall in Windsor, Ontario, although this one featured a tiger reasonably than an everyday cat.
