Romance of Steam
Kevin fell in love with Steam Railways after hearing Reginald Gardner’s wonderful audio recording entitled TRAINS. (hear it by selecting “Duchess in Defiance” from exhibition page). It was played on Children’s Favourites on Saturday mornings during his childhood in the 1960s. What he heard was Reginald mimicking what he would describe as “a living railway”, Kevin later went to see these living things at Saltley Engine Sheds in East Birmingham with a school friend after school whose father was an engine driver.
He noticed how looking at a steam locomotive fully in steam was like a living thing. The 5 elements of the earth were on show captured in a magnificent piece of man made mechanical engineering. In other words earth, fire, air, water and space, in a setting of Light, Darkness and Spirit
These 5 elements Kevin tries to capture in his compositions below.
ALL IMAGES ARE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS AND ARE FOR SALE OR SOLD AS INDICATED.
SOME WERE COMMISSIONED PIECES.
PRINTS ARE FOR SALE ON ALL IMAGES. SIZES 16IN X 12IN
£ 950
Coronation Scot
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Keeping up the Standards at Toddington
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 950
A Coronation in Leamington Spa
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Llandanwg Halt (Cambrian Coast Line)
SOLD
Duchess visits Leamington Station
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 950
Sir Nigel Gresley visits Leamington Spa
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 950
The Duchess of Sutherland visits Leamington
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Lizzie after a paint job (at Crewe Works)
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 750
On her way to Bridgnorth on the SVR (City of Truro loco)
16in x 12in (40cm x 30cm)
SOLD
Peninsula and Oriental (at Broadway on the GWSR)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
The Planets favourite Praire (at Gotherington GWSR)
20in x 16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Tornado (at Kings Cross)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Road and Rail (near Solihull Station)
36in x24in (90cm x60cm)
SOLD
On Show (Cheltenham Race Course Station GWSR)
20in x 16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Coming down the line (to Winchcombe GWSR)
20in x16in (40cm x30cm)
SOLD
Arriving at Winchcombe (GWSR)
20in x16in (40cm x 30cm)
£ 750
The Green Arrow (Falkland Road Station Scotland)
16in x 12in (40cm x30cm)
SOLD
Cambrian Goods (near Harlech)
12in x 10in (30cm x 25cm)
SOLD
Back to School (Kings Cross)
20in x 16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Welsh Village Scene in the 1960s (Cwmbach near Builth Road)
36in x24in (90cm x 60cm)
SOLD
Robin Hood
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Reflections Of A Princess (Crewe Works)
24in x 18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 375
Cambrian Railway Halt (Landanwg Halt near Barmouth)
12in x10in (30cm x 25cm)
SOLD
Jubilee Turnaround (Camden Shed)
24in x12in (60cm x 30cm)
SOLD
Canal Crossing ( Stratford upon Avon Canal)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
The Train Spotter (Birmingham New Street)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Train Crossing Canal (Grand Union Canal at Leamington )
30in x 24in (75cm x 60cm)
SOLD
Heyford Wharf (Oxfordshire Narrowboats Ltd.)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Winter Express (near Swansea)
8in x6in (20cm x 15cm)
SOLD
Duchess In Defiance
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Power and the Glory (crossing Ais Gill viaduct)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Below Zero (on the BR network)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
The Bristolian (on the GWR network)
18in x14in (45cm x 35cm)
SOLD
Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Birmingham New Street)
48in x36in (120cm x 90cm)
SOLD
Waiting For The Train (Birmingham New Street)
26in x16in (65cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Aqueduct and Viaduct (Chirk Cheshire)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
All Aboard! (at Toddington GWSR)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
British Railways Riddle (at Kirkby Stephen East)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
A1 Majesty (Osprey no 60131 near Camden)
16in x12in (40cm x 30cm)
SOLD
Southern Splendour (between Padstow and Dover)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Clun Castle (at Paddington Station 1960)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Train On Time (Warwick Milverton Station)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 950
Locomotive Maintenance (Warwick Milverton Engine Shed)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
SOLD
Canal Freight (near Radford Semele Warwickshire)
24in x20in (60cm x 50cm)
SOLD
Flying Scotsman (at Newcastle Upon Tyne Station)
24in x18in (60cm x 45cm)
£ 250
Train Coming (Rawmarsh Station near Rotherham)
10in x7in (25cm x 16cm)
£ 495
Great Western Glory (Hatton bank near Warwick)
24in x12in (60cm x 30cm)
£ 375
Train Crossing (Westbury St bridge over the Worcester Birmingham Canal)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
SOLD
Standard Splendour (at Machynlleth Station)
16in x12in (40cm x 30cm)
£ 375
Canal Cruise (Offchurch viaduct near Radford Semele on the Grand Union Canal)
20in x16in (50cm x 40cm)
£ 525
Over and Under (Across the Grand Union at Hillmorton near Rugby)
15in x12in (37cm x 30cm)
SOLD
Newnham On Severn Station (near Cinderford Gloucestershire)
30in x20in (75cm x 50cm)