On the weekend I went to a show at the Historic Dockyard, it was filled with beautiful cars and steam trains on display outside. There was also an exhibition on works of art from the guild of railway artists. The venue for this exhibition is perfect as the Historic Dockyard has a past of steam train transportation. The gallery space was quite small but none the less works displayed were very impressive. There wasn't much information on the works apart from who they were by, I think it would of helped to provide viewers with a little bit more background information to the works.
I really liked how life like all the paintings were, however the ones that caught my eye were pieces by Matthew Cousins his works had a graphic feel to them, as he introduced text to the rail paintings. I also like how simple and beautiful the colour schemes are in all of the works.
After viewing this exhibition I have been inspired to produce vintage feel lino cut posters in the future, perhaps as a side project.
