Warwickshire Railways: Railway Art
This is a new feature to the site prompted by Barry
Freeman's kind offer to supply paintings of the railway scenes of Warwickshire
he has created over the years. I have long admired the skill of artists who can
capture the atmosphere of railways and translate it on to canvas. Whilst
photographers can capture the moment, and thereby record actual events, artists
can capture much more which is why paintings are so often described as being
evocative but photographs rarely so.
I would also like to express my thanks to the artists listed
below for kindly granting permission for their work to be shown on the website.
As I am sure you will agree their work adds another dimension to our ability to
remember moments from the past.
I recommend a visit to the Guild of Railway Artists' own
website which illustrates some of the work of nearly fifty artists as well as
listing exhibitions and publications. The Guild will be celebrating its
twenty-fifth anniversary in 2008.
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