This painting is obviously much more representational than some of the other paintings. I set out to do it in stages and abstract it like the others, but I got so caught up in the beauty of the original black and white photo that I was using for reference that I never abstracted it greatly. The image I used for reference was a stock Southern Railway publicity photograph taken in the '20s - '40s. I did the painting again later with a different feel, but this is #1, probably the better of the two.The sky is a brooding pink as the steam engine climbs to greater heights, traversing the tall stone bridge.
