Green Light Ahead

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Great stuff, Stephen. Wonderfully evocative of my childhood, when there were still steam trains running in normal service.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 05 Apr 07:10:21

Will make a great painting if this sketch is anything to go by.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Thu 05 Apr 07:32:05

Lovely Stephen.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Thu 05 Apr 11:12:40

Power personified! Too right, Lewis! Used to watch them for hours! Hope we get to see the final picture, Stephen, should be a cracker...again!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 05 Apr 12:05:15

Totally realistic and atmospheric Stephen. I was still riding the "steamers" whilst courting back in 1960. Now you've got me hearing the old Paul Temple theme music " Coronation Scot"..(-: (you can still find it on Youtube)

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 05 Apr 14:27:53

Great sketch Stephen, I look forward to seeing the painted version.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 05 Apr 15:21:00

Great work, Stephen

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 05 Apr 16:16:10

Good work, you can almost feel the pace and power of the engines.

Posted by Nigel Punchard on Fri 06 Apr 18:19:26

Hang on Studio Wall

05/04/2018

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Stephen Kelly

My Father was an artist and I wanted to follow in his footsteps but sadly he died when I was 8 which changed everything. When it was time to earn a living, Uncle Norman said " I'll get you a job Lad" so I became an apprentice photo retoucher, not fine art but a job. The work was intimidating as…

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