Warwickshire Railways: Railway Art
Barry Freeman GRA
Barry Freeman was born in Northampton in 1937. He had ten
years service in the Royal Navy and several more in the electronics and
aviation industries. He then taught drawing and painting for eighteen years and
then concentrated on his painting career full time from 1989. An avid railway
enthusiast since early childhood, his combined love of art and railways is
reflected in the detailed paintings in which he now specialises.
He works mainly in oils taking up to two months to complete
a painting - a similar amount of time being spent on research in the personal
library of books and photographs he has built up over the years. Barry is a
member of the Guild of Railway Artists for some other views of Barry's work see
his home page on the
Guild's
website. Prints of Barry's paintings can be obtained by contacting
Barry.
When I commented that 'I was amazed that the paintings were
oils (Barry's favourite medium) as they have a delicacy I normally associate
with watercolours' Barry responded, 'The paintings are all in oils. Several are
3ft x 2ft, so reducing them to thumbnail size tends to make them look more
photographic. They are all painted with thin layers of paint, finishing up with
very small brushes, which explains the amount of time they take to paint and
the amount of detail, which the people I paint for tend to demand. If it were
left to me I'd probably be much more impressionistic!'
All the images on this page, and the linked larger versions,
are copyright of Barry Freeman MGRA. None maybe used without the artists'
permission.
Select an image below to view the larger version with
accompanying text:
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