Artist Bernadette Elenteny-Joyce checks out her work, "The Great Wave of Kanagawa", after it was installed Jan. 16 on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park as part of a winter mosaics show. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Artist Chris Zonta checks out her "Harnessing Hundertwasser" mosaic that was displayed on the 800 block of Central Street in Highland Park as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics show of 2013. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Artist Bernadette Elenteny-Joyce watches as her mosaic is installed on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park Jan. 16. The piece was selected for the 2013 Great Arts Winter Mosaics show that runs through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Artist Bryan Northup (right) and Mark Wilson, both of Oak Park, install Northrup's "Ice and Snow" on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park Jan. 16. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Larry Hillman (right) of Highland Park, a sponsor of the The Great Arts Winter Mosaicsshow, installs one of the mosaics with Art Jones of Lindenhurst on the 800 block of Central Avenue in downtown Highland Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Laura Marie Sanchez (right) of Chicago and Anne Rogers of Chicago worked together on "Solstice Supper (after Chagall)". The piece is part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics of 2013 show that runs through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

"Ice and Snow" by artist Bryan Northup (right) of Oak Park was one of five pieces selected for The Great Arts Winter Mosaics show of 2013. Here, Mark Wilson of Oak Park helps install the piece in downtown Highland Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Larry Hillman (right) of Highland Park, a sponsor of the The Great Arts Winter Mosaics, installs one of the artworks with Art Jones of Lindenhurst on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Art Jones of Lindenhurst (right) and Vicente De La Cruz of Beach Park carry an artwork across the street for installation on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

"The Great Wave of Kanagawa" by Bernadette Elenteny-Joyce of Chicago is one of the five works featured on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

"Harnessing Hundertwasser" by Chris Zonta of Chicago is one of the five works featured on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

"Solstice Supper (after Chagall)" by Laura Marie Sanchez and Anne Rogers of Chicago is one of the five works featured on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

"Ice and Snow" by Bryan Northup is one of the five works featured on the 800 block of Central Avenue in Highland Park as part of The Great Arts Winter Mosaics which will run through March 31. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media