Philadelphia artist Kristin Scholz has one public mural in Chicago, which can be found in a Lincoln Square<\/a> alley on her best friend\u2019s garage door.<\/p>\n \u201cShe just wanted color on her house,\u201d says Scholz, who also painted her friend\u2019s back deck and fence. But it\u2019s the garage door she painted in 2022 that\u2019s visible from the CTA Brown Line traveling north from the Western Avenue station, before it reaches Rockwell. The home is on the south side of the L tracks near the corner of West Leland and North Campbell avenues.<\/p>\n But the homeowner, who asked to remain anonymous and declined to comment for the story, also saw the project as publicity for her friend.<\/p>\n This garage mural by artist Kristin Scholz is visible from from the Brown Line traveling north from the Western Avenue station, before it reaches Rockwell.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/p>\n Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere\/Sun-Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cHer whole idea was, \u2018My garage door faces the train. It would be great visibility,\u2019\u201d says Scholz, who goes by the artist name Sea of Doom. Her friend had been sending her the Sun-Times\u2019 Murals and Mosaics stories<\/a> for years.<\/p>\n So, says Scholz, she obliged.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted it to pop for her, something that would be bold and seen from the train,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s made to stick out and be noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n Scholz spray painted her signature bat onto the two-car garage door in shades of pink and purple with a background in shades of teal and white.<\/p>\n At first glance, it\u2019s not obvious that the image is a bat. Its bulbous eyes appear to almost pop out of its head, while its white fangs shine in front of its red and pink tongue. Its wings are striped in shades of pink and purple, like the Cheshire Cat\u2019s tail in Disney\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d movie. Its ears are shiny red like lipstick, and something that resembles the front of a tiara with a centered heart jewel rises from its nose.<\/p>\n With the teal background, the bat could be flying through twilight or swimming through water, with twinkling lights behind her.<\/p>\n Scholz says she and the homeowner have known each other since Scholz was 5 and grew up together outside of Philadelphia. The homeowner moved to Chicago as an adult, and remains one of Scholz\u2019s best friends and biggest supporters.<\/p>\n Scholz likes to paint bats in all kinds of wild color palates. She has made versions of the bat into embroidered patches, prints, T-shirts and more.<\/p>\n \u201cThey turn into these alien bats,\u201d she says. \u201cAll my bats are fantastical.\u201d<\/p>\n
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