This Painting is part of a series, illustrating a story that I am writing about a romance that starts on a train. The painting itself was heavily influenced by the late O. Winston Link, a photographer that captured some of the most famous images trains in history. He was a master of night photography, and his images have inspired me for years.
The steam locomotive steams through a depot around midnight, but it does not stop. Most people on the train and in the town are asleep. The engine is supposed to represent an Atlantic Cost Line 4-8-4, although it is not totally accurate in every detail.
I enjoyed working on this painting because it proved to be a good study of light and shadow.
