by Michael Balaroutsos architect
There are many people who love the art of painting.
Many involved in hobbies. Too many others studied the art.
All more or less is known and unknown.
Today I want to comment on a Huge artist, Robin Barnes.
The subjects of his painting work, besides being amazing, is unique in its kind.
Robin Barnes discusses the locomotives.
It has a unique way to display the tables, because is not only artistic works but are essentially technical illustration.
That visualization with color and pencil.
Robin Barnes certainly has tremendous technical training. Because only with technical knowledge of an engineer, one can represent both realistically and in detail ,a locomotive.
So do the right parallelism in the same regard as Pininfarina for Trains.
( With much more difficult task).
Will see below a number of his works, which is amazing, while he explains the importance of
the representations with technical details .
Who is Robin Barnes
Robin describes himself as follows:There are many people who love the art of painting.
Many involved in hobbies. Too many others studied the art.
All more or less is known and unknown.
Today I want to comment on a Huge artist, Robin Barnes.
The subjects of his painting work, besides being amazing, is unique in its kind.
Robin Barnes discusses the locomotives.
It has a unique way to display the tables, because is not only artistic works but are essentially technical illustration.
That visualization with color and pencil.
Robin Barnes certainly has tremendous technical training. Because only with technical knowledge of an engineer, one can represent both realistically and in detail ,a locomotive.
So do the right parallelism in the same regard as Pininfarina for Trains.
( With much more difficult task).
Will see below a number of his works, which is amazing, while he explains the importance of
the representations with technical details .
Who is Robin Barnes
"Brought up in the mid and late 1940s with a busy main line railway at one hand and a steeply graded colliery line on the other, both exclusively operated by steam locomotives, I could not but become enthused. Later years saw interests broaden, leading to a varied career which included over fifteen years in civil aviation (the word 'security' then unheard of - innocent days) and in the museum service (including the role of Custodian of the Lauriston Castle Museum near Edinburgh). Other interests include a fascination with modern European history (post-1800), and of course railway history, especially in the development of the locomotive. This led to facing the challenge of interpreting in perspective working drawings of unfulfilled designs and now, in a very particular challenge, in the 5AT project. The illustrations for this were prepared under the close supervision of David Wardale, who absolutely correctly was concerned that what was produced reflected exactly his thinking. I have greatly enjoyed this, and also the fact that although today it is a simple matter to produce such images electronically, many people have told me they prefer the 'richness and depth' that paint, applied to brush to paper in the traditional manner, brings to them."
Robin fails to mention is that he has authored several fascinating books on some of the more obscure aspects of railway history, including the following which are both highly recommended if they can be procured:
Broader Than Broad: Hitler's Great Dream Three Metre Gauge Rails Across Europe published by Locomotives International in 1996/7 ISBN 1-900340-07-0;
Locomotives that Never Were, published in 1985 by Jane's ISBN 0 7106 0326 6 and with a foreword by E.S. Cox.
The photo above is of the man himself "on-track" in Patagonia in 2004 during a visit to Argentina.
5AT - Artistic Impressions by Robin Barnes | ||
The beautiful illustrations on this page were all painted by Robin Barnes, and are reproduced with the kind permission of the artist. The paintings are shown in descending date order - the newest appearing at the top of the page - and thus present a visual time-line of the evolutionary development of the 5AT's design. The illustrations are for viewing only and are copyrighted to Robin Barnes. They may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the artist.Robin may be contacted through this website by writing to [email protected] Painting No 15 - November 2006 Painting No 14 - November 2006 .... "Southbound from York" Painting No 13 - November 2006 ..... "Northbound at Brock WCML" Painting No 12 - November 2006 ...... "Departing Edinburgh Waverley" Painting No 11 - November 2004 The artist's view is that the first illustration of the 5AT, although of course it did depict something genuinely different, was somewhat characterless, whereas what we have now is a locomotive which exhibits a strong and distinct personality. This is a head turner; visually dramatic yet utterly believable. Produced in October 2004, this painting illustrates the final outline of the locomotive as defined by the completed Fundemental Design Calculations. " [Note from Chris Newman: in addition to the BFB wheels, Chapelon-style feed-water heaters, and air compressor, revised features include:
Painting No 10 - July 2003 [Note from Chris Newman: Robin was asked to do this painting in order to represent the 5AT as it might appear hauling a branded "Premium" timetabled express, following the idea of the highly successful pre-war streamlined expresses. Scullin wheels and the transverse feed-water heater make their final appearance in this painting.] Painting 9 - February 2003 [The original of this magnificent painting is now proudly owned by Chris Newman!] Painting No 8 - Feb 2003 Painting No 7 - February 2003 Painting No 6 - July 2001 [Note from Chris Newman: I disagree - I think it looks great!] Painting No 5 - July 2001 [Note from Chris Newman: the transverse feed-water heater is now fitted lower into the smokebox casing, where it remains for another 3 years.] Painting No 4 - July 2001 Painting No 3 - July 2001 Painting No 2 - March 2001 [Note from Chris Newman: the first painting to show the locomotive fitted with its enlarged 80 tonne tender. In fact, Robin had to modify the original version of this painting to show the enlarged tender. The illustration shows the original feed-water heater extending quite far above the smokebox casing. BFB driving wheels don't appear again on the locomotive for another 3½ years!] Painting No 1 - August 2000 SOURCE http://5at.co.uk/index.php |
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