Chuck Hartell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, where his interests included black-and-white photography. He continued to pursue this medium while engaging in various careers from the railroad to sheep farming to real estate. His lifelong passion for the outdoors, combined with his evolving meditation and spiritual practice, led him to spend countless hours in the woods during the Covid pandemic, immersing himself in the quietness of nature, being one with the energy of the Unconscious and with his picture making. He explores a variety of subject matters via single-photo images; diptychs, triptychs, and multiple images matted in the same frame; shadow-box duets; large composites; and scrolls.
