watercolor, 2018
available, 11"x15"
I couldn't resist juxtaposing a rusting out hulk of rolling sculpture that's only about 70 years old against the still-chugging steam locomotive that's probably well over 100 years old in the background. There are a couple issues here, but everything pales in comparison to how well that smoke turned out.
The title is from Sam Raimi's mid-90s Western. I thought it was appropriate.
ink, 2015
available, 8"x11"
A quick ink sketch of a manual railroad crossing in Manila for this month's Virtual Paintout. It also fits for Inktober. I really should have planned a couple ink pieces this month. Maybe next year.
watercolor, 2015
11"x15" $125
I was getting some shots of the train depot in Salisbury NC a few years ago when I got lucky and a train actually pulled in. Well, imagine my surprise when the train in question was named "The City of High Point," my hometown. This is one of those pieces that seems to be growing on me. I was "happy" with it when I finished it, meaning it had some good point and some bad points. But the more I look at it, the more I like, the more I think it shows me heading in the right impressionistic direction.
