a painting, asking him, “Does the work con- vey the message I’m trying to capture?” By 1990 Margaret found herself with more
time to pursue her interest in painting, and trains came to occupy a focus in her work. She and her husband visited rail sites across America, both those of working railroads and of heritage sites, and took the time to get to know the people who kept the trains — ac- tual and historic — running. She also photo- graphed scenes, then would alter the image to create the scene she wanted. Indeed, a major- ity her works hold imagined settings.
Just the Facts
A watercolorist, Margaret Mailly was a Sig- nature Member, a status earned by achieve- ment, of the National Watercolor Society, the Ohio and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Soci- ety, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. The Georgia and the West Virgin- ia watercolor societies accepted her works for exhibit as well. From 1996 through 2009, the year of her last exhibit, Margaret’s work was a regular feature of the Duke Energy Holiday Trains display at the Cincinnati Museum Center in the former Cincinnati Union Ter- minal. Some 19 railroad museums and heritage
sites have exhibited her works, including the California State Railroad Museum, Steam- town National Historic Site, the Mid-Conti- nent Railway Museum, the B&O Railroad Museum, the Kentucky Railway Museum and My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, the Western Maryland Scenic Railway, and Orange Em-
pire Railway Museum. The Illinois Railway Museum mounted an exhibit featuring 100 of her works in 2001, and the Ohio Central Rail- road Trainfest displayed 78 works in 2004. She designed the 50th Anniversary poster for the Illinois Railway Museum in 2003. One of her last exhibits was at the Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation in Owosso, Mich., where 52 works were exhibited in 2009. She was also a member of the NRHS and the Cincinnati Railroad Club. Two of Margaret’s works were a part of
the aforementioned exhibit that was part of the 2005 “Portraits of Railroading” program at Penn State-Altoona. One of her works was among those in the first Portraits of Rail- roading feature in the February 2006 issue of RAILFAN & RAILROAD.
A Memorial Exhibit
The Cincinnati Art Club (http://cincinnati
artclub.com) is hosting a memorial celebra- tion of Margaret Mailly’s life and work from March 27 through March 29, which will in- clude more than 75 of her works. At least half of these will feature railroad themes. The Club’s Wessel Gallery, located at 1021 Parkside Place in Cincinnati, will be open to the public from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on March 27 and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on March 28 and 29. A private showing for groups, or for individuals interested in purchasing works, is available between March 30 through April 5, and can by arranged by contacting Margaret’s daughter Eileen at
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