Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno puts the final touches on the Val Camilletti Memorial Mural on the Union Pacific railway retaining wall on South Boulevard just east of South Oak Park Avenue on Aug. 15. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Artist Joe Abboreno looks over the work he has done on the Val mural on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Joe Abboreno paints the mural on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno begins painting the Val mural below the Green Line station on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno paints the mural on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno opens up cans of paint on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
The mural is seen partially done on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park resident and artist Joe Abboreno begins painting the Val mural on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno paints the mural on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno paints the mural on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, on South Boulevard, just east of Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno puts the final touches on the Val Camilletti Memorial Mural on the Union Pacific railway retaining wall on South Boulevard just east of South Oak Park Avenue on Aug. 15. It’s part of the Oak Park Area Arts Council’s Mini-Mural Project, which commissioned 20 artists this summer to paint murals.
