Proviso Classification Yard 1942 Metal Print

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This is a view of the Chicago classification yard or the Proviso. In this image you can see at least two switch engines hard at work taking boxcars from one track to another. I liked this piece more and more as I worked on it. I enjoy the plumes of steam thrusting into the air and the sharp contrasts between light and shadow. I can almost hear the chugging of the locomotive and the freight grudgingly allowing their being pushed or pulled on this cold winter's day in the early '40's. Reference photo: Jack Delano, public domain.

Chuck's creative background is wide and varied. He was a professional violinist, a published author, a multilingual graphic designer, a community college teacher, a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor, and a book designer (interior and covers). As a result, his work could be broadly categorized as digital art. His graphic design influences his digital art; and his digital art has features of his design work. In other words, they overlap. Someone put it this way: "What you do is not traditional art, and it isn't strictly graphic design. It's somewhere in-between." Chuck says he couldn't have said it better.