"Night Train on the Frisco" lithograph

"Night Train on the Frisco" lithographNumbered, limited edition, offset lithographs printed on acid free paper, by John Bell, Jr. (1937 2013) Image size 18 x 27 Built in 1903 by the St. Louis San Francisco Railway, the Frisco Train Station at Garrison Avenue and North 2nd Street, was an imposing Missouri ashlar limestone structure with a two story colonnade in front. The ten ornate columns, standard of the Classical Revival style, gave way to a grand entrance for passengers. As a child I

Viewers can feel his unparalleled voice in each piece beckoning the viewer within

but also allows for the negative space created by these geometric shapes to stand out to the viewer

By his later years

“and I learned to love the poetry of the earth and the music of landscapes

even though you may have never been there

who’s studio is located in the historic district of downtown Eureka Springs

thick oil colors

and the Florida Everglades

These were followed in 1970 by sculptures of heat-crumpled Plexiglas

and essays by Fergus M

To further develop his artistic skills

It was the circumstance of his nation at war that forced him to abandon his dream and join the Free World Forces in combatting communism in Vietnam