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"Fill 'er Up, Mister?"

Filed in archive Automotive Art by Philip Powell on March 21, 2008

Service Station Art

Remember when the "service" in service station really meant something? Eager attendants fueled your tank, checked the oil, cleaned the windshield. Often the local station became a social center for car lovers and their pals. I miss those days and if you're old enough you may, as well. Fortunately artist Jack Schmitt has captured similar magic moments with a series of gas station paintings. Some feature Fords, some Chevrolets, a few Plymouths; all are sure to cause a lump in your throat. Or, for younger drivers, an appreciation of the way things used to be (and ought to be).

Jack Schmitt worked in gas stations part-time, taking photographs that years later became invaluable reference material. After attending the University of Illinois he earned a degree in Industrial Design at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design and was hired by Ford as a car designer. Jack later became a freelancer, using watercolor and gouache to illustrate his ideas ...and occasionally create paintings of the Midwest landscape with those 1940s cars he grew up with. He's a new edition to Carartinc.com's roster of talented artists.


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