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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.

  Guild of Railway Artists
Peter Annible MGRA
Gerald Broom MGRA
  Barry Freeman MGRA
Philip Hawkins FGRA
Steve Merry