A Partnership Made in Murals
McCann's Painting is a colorful collaboration between cousins.
In artist Dennis Franzen's paintings, you'll find fighter jets whizzing past twin beds, military tanks rolling behind a conference table and a tyrannosaurus causing some serious roof damage. It's hard to describe Franzen's work without sounding absurd--partly because they are designed to warp reality. "I like to do [murals] where, when you walk into a room, it looks like you're looking outside and there's something going on out there," said Franzen, a Wilmette native. His work is part illusion, part decoration. Franzen designs each one using a computer and then has it printed on wallpaper, which can be customized to fit any size surface. Franzen collaborates with McCann's Painting, a Winnetka company owned by his cousin Terry McCann. In …
Jennifer Fisher
9:46 am on Friday, September 17, 2010
These murals are really cool! Nice story. I wish I could see the 6'6" hummingbird... more ›