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RAIL ART 2008 AT KIDDERMINSTER RAILWAY MUSEUM
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From The Allen Gallery at Alton we move to Kidderminster Railway Museum at The Severn Valley Railway station for our main summer 2008 exhibition.
Dates are August 23rd - September 28th.
Stop Press - As of 30th August 16 paintings have been sold!
Poster painting - detail taken from:
The Coronation Scot by Roy Wilson GRA
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD
Rail Art Summer 2009: Quainton Road, Buckinghamshire Railway Museum. TBC
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Night Hawk by John Austin FGRA |
PICTURE OF THE YEAR 2007 goes to...
He's done it again - John Austin completes a second hat trick.
Picture of the Year Award 2007 was voted for by visitors to RailArt 2007 at the National Railway Museum at Shildon. Winning painting was 'Night Hawk' by John Austin FGRA. John also gained second place with 'Blackie Namer' and third with 'Fog on the Tyne'. Because he only entered three paintings, John didn't get fourth place... Well done to Stephen Warnes GRA for 'Home - City of Carlisle'.
The win means John retains the Laurence Hammonds Award Rose Bowl, his 14th win and his 10th in succession.
Over 1400 votes were cast as follows:
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Title |
Artist |
Votes |
| 1st |
Night Hawk |
John Austin |
103 |
| 2nd |
Blackie Namer |
John Austin |
91 |
| 3rd |
Fog on the Tyne |
John Austin |
72 |
| 4th |
Home - City of Carlisle |
Stephen Warnes |
50 |
| 5th |
Wet Day at Wigan |
John Harrison |
49 |
| 6th |
Winter in Goathland |
G Peter M Green |
40 |
| 7th |
The Diamond Crossing |
Mike Turner |
31 |
| 8th |
Impression - Evening Freight |
Peter Annable |
22 |
| 9th= |
Grand National Day |
William Roberts |
20 |
| 9th= |
Weekday Cross, Nottingham |
Rob Rowland |
20 |
THE GEORGE BUSBY MEMORIAL AWARD
This award is for what the selection panel for Rail Art consider to be the best watercolour of 2007. The selection panel for Rail Art 2007 chose 'Wet Day At Wigan' by John Harrison GRA as the winner and thus he is the first recipient of this new award. Congratulations John. |
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The West Coast Railway Heritage Park (British Columbia, Canada), home of The West Coast Railway Association, have asked artist Roger Watt GRA to exhibit some drawings (and offer some signed prints)at their 'Steam-Up' weekend on September 20th/21st 2008. |
Well done Wynne B Jones on gaining full membership.
Wynne tells us that he entered artwork into his local 'Wrexham Open Art Exhibition' last December, one picture being 'A Brush With Steam' which appeared in the Guild book 'Along Artistic Lines' in 2003 - The painting was voted number one by the viewing public and netted him a £500 cheque.
Nice one Wynne - I'll see you real soon!
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Well - not quite.
Publishers David & Charles have reprinted 'To The Seaside',
originally released in 1990 and long since sold out.  The
reprint is in softback and has been given a new title: 'Great Railway
Paintings Inspired by the Seaside'.
Price £12.99 - it is available from all good book shops. |
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