I have started messing around with fall scenes.  Once again, I am trying to depict, not only the train, but the shear power and bruit force behind the steam locomotive.  This Lakawanna Pocono type locomotive is swinging around a elevated curve with a freight train. I have spent some time up near Scranton PA, and this scene is very much like what you might have seen standing track side back in the 1940s.   I feel this painting is very successful at blending realism and abstraction.  It is a very realistic scene, but I'm trying to stay loose.  I keep the one hair brush tucked away for special occasions.