Klingeler went home, put on some music, picked up a brush and started painting. He said once the paint hit the canvas, it was like a calming wave washed over him.

Kyle Holbrook painted “Peace Charlotte,” a large hand making a peace sign, on the side of a Parkwood Avenue convenience store on Sunday. An unveiling had been planned for Thursday.

A hand showing the peace sign was painted by artist Kyle Holbrook, on left, on the alley side of a store in the 2200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on Aug. 3, 2021, in Chicago.