John Coker loves to paint trains—their power and strength, whistles and rumbles. He places those trains in their natural environments, including the rail line it had traveled, and does extensive—and hands-on—research. Before tackling a painting a year ago, he traveled to Colorado, where he took photographs of an empty field where no rails were visible but where he knew the Colorado Southern had once run. He also took photos of the position of the sun and shadows and made notes of the time of day, the way the wind was blowing, the height of the grasses, and the flowers that
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