<p>Yosmer Urrieta spent up to 25 hours on each of the 14 new alebrije murals that shine from business windows along North Clark Street between Devon Avenue and Howard Street in <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/rogers-park" >Rogers Park</a>.</p><p>A vibrant dragon bursts from the window of the Rogers Park branch library with a whimsical smile that might feel at home on a Pokémon card. Brilliant oranges, pinks, purples and other fluorescent colors come together to illustrate creatures that look like a mystical ram, a winged wolf or a pair of prancing hens.</p><p>Alebrijes are fantastical and brightly colored Mexican spirit animals. The critters can be spotted on windows along a stretch of what is now considered Camino Clark, a state-designated strip honoring the street’s vibrant Mexican cultural district and corridor.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-f00000" name="image-f00000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b45a63f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/54130ae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6f84b27/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="A mural painted by Yosmer Urietta appears on a North Clark Street business in Rogers Park." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6f84b27/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0c55d33/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6f84b27/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb1%2F92%2F2baad36241d8b07336c35d7c7d4e%2Fmurals-rogerspark-260621-12.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>A mural painted by Yosmer Urietta appears on a North Clark Street business in Rogers Park.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Jeremy Battle/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>Urrieta says it was his perfect canvas.</p><p>“I want to bring my art directly to the streets,” he says.