Featuring the artwork of D. Tom Conboy

Rural Rails Crossing is a collection of my thoughts about the experience of painting rural and railroad scenes. Watercolor is my medium of choice, and my painting style is impressionistic. I am not trying to render a photographic image of the place, but to capture the "mood" of the location.




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Thursday, June 3, 2010

ACEO: Shattuc Tower



Title: Shattuc Tower*
Type: ACEO Art Card (2.5 x 3.5 inches)
Medium: Acrylic
Original/Print: Original

Shattuc Tower is located next to the CSX and BNSF Railroad tracks in Shattuc, Illinois. The tower has been abandoned since 1988 and is slated for removal in 2010. The tower mechanism will be salvaged and restored, but the structure will not. For more information on the tower, please visit RR Signal Pix.com's web site.

This painting was done from a photograph I had taken of the tower sometime between 1999 and 2001. I have several other photos of railroad towers in Illinois, and I plan on painting an ACEO for each one.

*This painting is currently available for sale: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TandJCreativeWorks
**ACEO stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. They are original paintings, but they are small (only 2.5 by 3.5 inches). ACEOs are very popular. Why are they popular? Because they allow a person to purchase an original piece of artwork at a great price!

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