Images: The Week in Pictures

  Cleve Carney Art Gallery curator Barb Wiesen examines a painting prior to hanging it Wednesday at the newly-renovated McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

  While at the drive-thru at Portillos in Vernon Hills, I noticed a nice row of icicles forming on the roof. The sun was low in the sky and cast a nice shadow on the light as well as the icicles hanging from it. I like the fact that the light isn't centered in the frame but the shadow is. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition.

  Mario Ortiz, of Autumn Tree Care Experts in Warrenville, trims dead branches and limbs out of parkway trees in the 100 block of Sleight Street in Naperville Monday morning. Ortiz, of Elgin, has been trimming trees for more than four years. Trimming trees in the late winter while they are dormant encourages new vigorous grow come spring, he said.

  While photographing 1890's era style ice harvesting at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago, the ice cutters came across this poor little guy who got frozen into a block of ice. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition.

  Ski Jumper Mikael Kveder, from Slovenia, glides down the 70-meter hill at the Norge International Ski Jumping Tournament in Fox River Grove recently as snow clouds envelope the early afternoon sun. He was the 15th most graceful jumper of the day, out of more than 60 competitors, according to the judges, and he won the US Cup class with the longest jump of the day at 77.5 meters. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition.

  Ellie DeFoy, of Batavia, gets the ice all to herself as she skates at Depot Pond in Batavia Monday. Despite a temperature of about 10 degrees, the lack of wind and sunshine made it more comfortable. "The sun feels so warm, it's gorgeous out here," she said.

  Snow is starting to pile up in parking lots, such as Coscto in Naperville. Crews had to deal with more snow Wednesday morning.

  Gene Heckenberg, of Algonquin, hands out some cereal Wednesday at Vineyard Church in Elgin.

  A driver emerges from his car after sliding into a ditch along Terra Cotta Road in Crystal Lake Wednesday morning. Another car sits in the same spot from an earlier incident.

  Jeff Lennard and his wife Val shovel snow in front of their Elgin home Wednesday morning.

  John Gerlach blows snow at a neighbors house with friend Bob Rogers (not pictured) in Geneva Wednesday morning. "We do the neighborhood," he said. "We're both retired and we love being outdoors." "We're getting a little bit old, but what the heck. Our wives look out the windows every 10 minutes to see if we're still upright," he said.

  As snow continues to fall, only a handful of shoppers patronized the Oak Brook Mall Wednesday.

  Senior Stephanie Wang, right, learns to throw a clay pot during the 10th edition of the Odyssey biennial fine arts festival Wednesday at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. The two-day event featured musical and stage performances as well as student participation in various art media, dancing, music, and literature arts.

  Joseph Blasi, of Des Plaines, puts a little english on his shot Saturday at the International Flipper Pinball Association tournament in Lincolnshire.

  Kendra Moldenhauer, of West Dundee, points out dogs on the Free Spirit Siberian Rescue sled demo team to her one-year-old daughter, Trente, at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center in St. Charles on Saturday. Trente loves dogs and every time they mushed by she said, "More, more, more!"

George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.comTwo cars stayed buried in snow at noon on Thursday in Des Plaines.