Transport Studies | UK Railway Artist

I developed and refined my current style drawing trains. I started at the age of 13, but I did not achieve the level of detail shown here until I was 17.

I started by enlarging line/blue print drawings from a book. It was the structure and design of the trains that attracted me. Then I progressed to recreating old photographs from rail magazines, books and my father's photographs.

Railways are in my blood, my parents met at the Carriage and Wagon works. My mum's family all worked on railway rolling stock construction. My grandmother worked at the Carriage and Wagon works during the war, riveting the wings of Hurricane fighter planes, this was where she met my granddad. My father travelled all over Britain throughout the 50's and 60's collecting numbers and photographing engines. These pictures are the basis of my work today.

I remember the tonal differences really frustrated me to begin with, it was very important to get this right, and I put in alot of effort to perfect this. I naturally used black and white in my pictures because the photo's were black and white, but I also gravitated towards the power of the light and dark. I do use pure black, supposedly a big no no, but as in life, pictures have many shades.

'Associate Member' of the Guild of Railway Artists



	Newcomer A1 class, Tornado at Loughborough Central Station in late September 2008 Brand-new build 60163 and its first public runs in undercoat This drawing demonstrates the engine in its older setting of a preservation railway, but new from 20 years of construction and so part technical drawing Colour pencil and pencil drawing measures - 44 x 64 cm *150 limited edition print*



	43098 at Leeds City 2-6-0 standard locomotive stood at Leeds City Original pencil drawing - 59 x 36 cm *350 limited edition print*



			66709 at Port of Felixstowe Commissioned by GBRf freight haulier in 2004 as a thank you present for Medite's trade Colour pencil and pencil - 64 x 45 cm *50 limited edition print*



	70048 The Territorial Army 1908-1958 BR standard class 7 (Britannia class), named in honour of the British Territorial Army Based on a photograph by my father's friend Ivor - Five Arches, Derby Station c1962 Pencil - 49 x 32 cm *350 limited edition print*



			Smoke and Stone A study of steam, smoke and stone as a Stanier tank engine approaches Liverpool's Lime Street Station Rotary ink - 25 x 35 cm *50 limited edition print*



	3648 at Llanelli Based on my father's photograph from June 1961 at Llanelli, South Wales Pencil - 50 x 32.5 cm *250 limited edition print*



	4114 at Snowhill Based on my father's photograph from 27th February, 1960 at Birmingham (Snow Hill), now part of the tramway system through Birmingham Pencil - 42 x 29.7 cm *250 limited edition print*



	4172 at Snowhill The same day in 1960 at Snow Hill I liked all the old advertising in the background on this atmospheric picture Pencil (normally used - 2H, H, HB, B, and 2B) - 42 x 29.7 cm *250 limited edition print*



	6008 - King James II at Snow Hill Again the same day in 1960 at Snow Hill Pencil - 42 x 29.7 cm *350 limited edition print*



	42108 at Derby sidings A February morning in 1966, the days of steam around Derby I liked the old setting of the gas towers, lights and water pumps, now all gone Based on my father's photography Watercolour - 38 x 24 cm *250 limited edition print*



	90396 and 48315 at Derby sidings A February morning again in 1966, the two loco's move onto Derby shed Also based on my father's photography Watercolour - 38 x 24 cm *250 limited edition print*



	37026 at Llandudno Junction Changing trains at Llandudno Junction for Llandudno in summer 1994, and an opportunity for a photo and portrait of a waiting ballast train Colour pencil and rotary ink - 50.5 x 36 cm *50 limited edition print*



	Ghost of KS4000 The forgotten prototype of the late 60's rated the highest powered diesel of its time when built by Brush of Loughborough Pencil - 42 x 59 cm *50 limited edition print*



	Holyhead Using a photograph from a holiday in North Wales Created by computer in Freehand to resemble an old railway poster



	Lancaster A study of a Lancaster bomber flying over the British landscape Pencil - 42 x 29.7 cm *Open edition print*