Chicago-City of Big Shoulders

This beautiful artwork is to based on a line from Carl Sandburg's famous poem published in 1914:

Chicago

Hog Butcher for the World,... more

by Michael Durst

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Price

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Dimensions

48.000 x 36.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

Chicago-City of Big Shoulders

Artist

Michael Durst

Medium

Mixed Media - Mixed Media On Canvas

Description

This beautiful artwork is to based on a line from Carl Sandburg's famous poem published in 1914:

Chicago

Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,
Bareheaded,
Shoveling,
Wrecking,
Planning,
Building, breaking, rebuilding,
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.


This artwork is part of a series of mixed media fractal digital visions suitable for meditation or just to create a sense of peace and harmony. As a psychologist and heart-centered hypnotherapist, Dr. Durst has created visual experiences to connect to the heart.

Prints are available through Fine Art America, Fine Art England and Fine Art Germany. They can be on canvas, metal acrylic, framed, gallery wrapped and even available as fine art greeting cards, throw pillows, etc.

To purchase a signed and hand-embossed Limited Edition, contact the artist directly from this site. Each one is hand glazed with many layers of acrylic paint and varnish to really bring out the beautiful colors and create a three dimensional effect. Thus, each Master Edition of a fractal vision is a unique work of art and valuable as an investment piece.

Copyright Notice: Images are after "Chicago Skyline" by forcdan and "Mind Burst" by agsandrew with permission from Fotolia. This image is fully protected by U.S. and international copyright laws, all rights reserved and may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without the written permission of Dr. G. M. Durst.

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August 23rd, 2017