Los Angeles County Fair, as well as com- missions by the Dutch Railway Museum and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Com- merce. (
www.faegrefineart.com/) Linda McCray: A resident of Clancy,
Mont., McCray, inspired by Montana’s mountains and plains, focuses on everyday train scenes of Montana and elsewhere in North America. She teaches art at The Uni- versity of Montana-Helena College of Tech- nology. Her work has exhibited in museums, art galleries and publications nationwide, with two paintings included in the Washing- ton State Arts Commission’s Permanent Collection. (
www.artmt.com, 406/439-2073 [to request a free brochure]) Mark Robinson: A 24-year veteran with
the Aurora, Ill., Fire Department, Robinson describes himself as a “50 year old railfan who is an artist.” Inspired by the late Ted Rose, mentored by Joyce Rueland, he chose watercolor as his medium. His work has been shown in local galleries and has gar- nered several awards and recognition else- where as well. (630/907-1047; stlou1971 @
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ning graphic artist, Schwab, whose studio is in Marin County, Calif., has a list of clients that reads like a Who’s Who of corporate America. His signature style, the use of large, flat areas of color, dramatic perspec- tives and bold, graphic images of archetypal human forms, has been used in Amtrak cam- paigns since 2003. (
www.michaelschwab.com) Richard Smyth: Born in Colchester, England, seemingly with a pencil in his hand, Smyth has always been fascinated by the lines, colors, shapes and textures of bus- es, trains, cars, ships and aircraft. After a career in airbrush illustration and photo re- touching, today he has returned to his first love, which happily includes trains. (
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swing705@aol.com) J. Craig Thorpe: Thorpe’s interest in
rail and art dates from his formative years in Pittsburgh, Penn., where he graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University. His work reflects the ethic that rail transportation en- ables the stewardship of land, resources and community. Notable Amtrak commissions includes commemorative art for the centen- nial of Washington, D.C., Union Station and works celebrating the centennial of Glacier
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in Upper Darby, Penn., near the busy 69th Street Terminal, surrounded by trolleys, buses and the Norristown High Speed Line. “But my love of trains began when I was six years old and had my tonsils out,” he says. “My father got me a Lucius Beebe book. Af- ter that, my gift wish list always included train books.” That explains the trains. About the art? “As far back as I can remem- ber,” he says, “I was always drawing as much as other kids were playing sports.” And to explain the highly detailed precision of his work, he notes, “My father was a Westinghouse civil engineer and worked de- signing turbine machinery. My mother has artistic talent. I seem to have combined those attributes.” After high school, knowing he wanted to
be an artist, Lerro went to the Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia, majoring in design and illustration, and graduated in 1981, then went to work for a small adver- tising agency. He also continued to draw trains. Inspired by Al Staufer’s work, Lerro began drawing and selling frontend views of Red Arrow trolley cars. “Among my first cus- tomers was Ron DeGraw, the author of a book about the Red Arrow.” In 1996 he ex- hibited five color drawings at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s 150th Anniver-
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