Reflections of an Artist

Iron Horse

      As a child, I remember many hours helping my dad with his model trains. He built a large display in the basement and loved to add buildings, trees and other details to the scene. Many wonderful hours where spent playing with those trains. With that motivating me, I was looking forward to painting at Travel Town, a graveyard of old trains and engines in Griffith Park. I met up with a group of painters from a club called Artists of the Canyon for the paint out.

      I had a great time walking around, trying to decide what to paint and eventually settled on this smaller engine off to the side. I wanted to recreate the energy of this engine from its heyday so, I decided to paint it from the front, just as it is going to pass by. I could almost feel the gust of air it would kick up. 

      Perhaps your dad is a train enthusiast too. If you think he would enjoy having this plein air painting contact me through my website at www.sharonweaver.com or click on "Iron Horse."