Artist Tad Kline has been on both sides of the track, in the most literal sense of the phrase. In the 1970s, Kline worked as a brakeman on the Colorado and Southern Railroad Road (now the BNSF), working long hours while moving freight across the Great Plains. Now Kline spends most of his time on the side of a railroad spur outside of downtown Boulder, camera in hand, documenting graffiti on rail cars as they roll through town. While some people see graffiti as vandalism, others see art. Kline sees a bit of both. For the past eight years, Kline […]
Artist Tad Kline has been on both sides of the track, in the most literal sense of the phrase. In the 1970s, Kline worked as a brakeman on the Colorado and Southern Railroad Road (now the BNSF), working long hours while moving freight across the Great Plains. Now Kline spends most of his time on […]