Train Engine 1701

Train Engine 1701.
Acrylic on canvas. 36" x 29".
(sold)

This is an older painting. I don't recall the exact source for the image other than it was from a small black and white photo of a train crew taking a break to pose on a steam engine, probably around the early 1900's. The photo had been cropped off at the top.
I liked the composition, scale, perspective and strong shadows. I also wondered how it would look in color, and decided to add my own color.
In retrospect I wish I had gone to the trouble of researching the engine and included the stack at the top of the engine- it still disturbs me that I cropped it where I did.