I picked up the magazine Big Steam is Back in hopes that I would find issues related to trains and problems we might face when railways change landscapes. It turns out that steam engines are some of the most environmentally-friendly forms of transportation, despite there massive tonnage and the energy and manpower it takes to work the machinery. Although we are far away from the golden age of steam trains, in an ecological sense, they are the best form of transportation when you consider the burning of harmful fuels and the degradation of the natural landscape. Here I chose to depict a decommissioned locomotive that has been turned into a flower garden, and workers caring for the flowers with an unusual sort of grace and effort, despite the flowers growing among a tangle of overbearing machinery. Once I saw the connecting rods, I immediately saw some sort of shelf that could cradle this arrangement of flowers. Then from the first image, I saw the prideful man holding the water pitcher to water his garden. The black and white contrasting with the popping colors is especially effective in this piece, as is the bright yellow water pitcher.
Remixed by Roy Gabrielson
Original Image retrieved from: Big Steam Is Back Magazine, Special Edition # 19-2017, pg. 84
Photo: Chase Gunnoe
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