III Corps Vietnam Map for Cantigny First Division Museum, Wheaton IL

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Evanston School District 65, Evanston IL

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Brookfield Zoo Tropic World, Brookfield IL


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Museum of Science and Industry Temporary Exhibits, Chicago IL

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Museum of Science and Industry Space Center, Chicago IL

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News at Eleven

I’ve been interviewed for local TV newscasts on a number of jobs. As I mentioned in my Mostly True Tale, Why They Call It Windows, I’ve recently been editing some of these videos for this website. Here are the news interviews uploaded so far gathered together in one place. Continue reading

Shedd Aquarium, Chicago IL

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Brookfield Zoo Aviary Free-Flight Room, Brookfield IL

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Lincoln Park Zoo Australian exhibit, Chicago IL

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Painting Rudolf

Muralist-Paul-Barker-paints-Rudolph-the-reindeerA brief informal video of Santa Claus, his sleigh, and his reindeer I painted late fall 2013 (including Rudolph, his nose not yet painted red) for a residential client in the Chicago suburbs to install on his rooftop in time for Christmas. Continue reading

Jesus Was a Plumber?

A long time ago, when I was working as a custom cabinetmaker and doing murals as a sideline, I was hired to paint a religious scene in the lunchroom at a Catholic hospital in a rural Illinois town. Supervising me would be the half-dozen-or-so nuns from the order that had founded the hospital. Continue reading

Brookfield Zoo Great Bear Wilderness, Brookfield IL

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Red Oak Nature Center, North Aurora IL

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago IL

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Quad City Botanical Center, Rock Island IL

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Cantigny First Division Museum, Wheaton IL

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