Recent Posts Tagged With 'railroad'

• Railroad Puddles

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 09:54 in watercolor, ink, railroad, watercolour, banderas, railroads

  My painting was primarily done as an exercise in reflections on water. The scene is made up and almost looks unreal but I like the simple look of it all. It shows the afternoon sun trying to break through after a rainstorm has dumped lots of rain.I f...

• Middle America

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 09:35 in trains, watercolor, usa, ink, railroad, town, watercolour, sky, banderas

  This is an ink and watercolor of idle people at the tracks in a small town somewhere in the middle of the USA. Maybe there is not much to do in the middle of winter in a small town on a dark, cold day. But these locals have decided to spend their ti...

• Rural Sidetracks

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 in painting, illustration, watercolor, ink, visual arts, railroad, watercolour, fine arts

  Quiet little sidings allow excess freight cars, old cabooses and any other railroad equipment a safe place to be stored out of the way of main traffic. These pieces of machinery withstand the elements as they rust away and endure a slow death. We us...

• Amtrak At Sunrise

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 08:15 in painting, illustration, trains, watercolor, drawings, railroad, watercolour, amtrak

  An Amtrak passenger train roars out of the sunrise as it heads west on a cross country haul. Train travel is still very magical to me. If you have time, travel by train. You will find it is so much fun and very relaxing. The views are generally spec...

• Into The Dark Of Night

  Posted on Sunday June 29th, 2008 at 13:50 in trains, watercolor, ink, night, railroad, watercolour

  I painted this scene because I love trains and railroads and the excitement they bring. Here, a train heads out into the night on a long haul somewhere in the USA. Here is my dilemma. This painting is loose and free. I am itching to get my ink pens a...

• Train Connection

  Posted on Wednesday September 26th, 2007 at 10:30 in ink, railroad, faber castell, micron

  Eventhough I am trying to loosen up on most of my art it's nice to tighten up once in a while just to make sure I can still do it. This drawing is looking down from the top of a railroad car. Now I know the subject matter is not that interesting but...

• Commuter Station

  Posted on Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 21:45 in drawing, san francisco, watercolor, sacramento, ink, station, railroad, watercolour, rocklin, capitol corridor

  This painting is of the new passenger terminal in Rocklin, California which is located about 20 miles north of Sacramento. This station is one of the stops for the daily Capitol Corridor commuter train that travels to the San Francisco bay area. My c...

• Union Pacific 567

  Posted on Wednesday July 11th, 2007 at 11:25 in watercolor, ink, railroad, watercolour, southern pacific, roseville, union pacific, locomotive

  An aging utility locomotive, with its old Southern Pacific colors and newer Union Pacific colors, sits idly on the sidetracks at the Union Pacific yard in Roseville, CA. This locomotive’s power days are now over and it is now used to shuttle cars...