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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Glacier National Park, Art, The Empire Builder & J.C. Thorpe |
OK, it's not "technical" as such, but I think it's preservation oriented in outlook enough to justify it being posted here--an essay by railroad artist J. Craig Thorpe on his recent commissions for paintings for Amtrak's marketing department, in which he touches on preservation as a way to see ourselves: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/20 ... ilder22911 Maybe we preservationists have a much larger commission than we realize. . . |
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| Author: | p51 [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Glacier National Park, Art, The Empire Builder & J.C. Th |
I like the man's work, and I'm pretty hard to please (as I'm an artist myself). He did a nice poster for the recent anniversary of Amtrak and was on their display train when it was in Seattle to sign prints of it. Really nice guy, too! |
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| Author: | Bobharbison [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Glacier National Park, Art, The Empire Builder & J.C. Th |
He gave a presentation on this at the Tacoma NRHS convention a couple of years ago. It was one of the best seminars of the convention, at least in my opinion. He had a lot more slides and went into additional details, very enjoyable. |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Glacier National Park, Art, The Empire Builder & J.C. Th |
Stumbled across this going through James Porterfield's Facebook page (Mr. Porterfield is the author of "Dining By Rail," and is also the head of the Center For Railroad Tourism at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, W.Va.), and thought it might be of interest here: http://gilbennett.com/Home_Page.php Some pages from within the site that may intrigue: http://gilbennett.com/Anatomy_of_a_Painting.php http://gilbennett.com/Originals.php http://gilbennett.com/Howard_Fogg_s_paintings.php http://gilbennett.com/Miner_and_Bennett_5SMV.html |
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