Original artwork description:

This might look like a drawing but is actually dry brushed oil on paper. I liked the softness it gives to the piece. There are many old churches and missions here in New Mexico. This one I found in Lamy, NM.
In 1880 the Village of Lamy—one of scores of "railroad towns"—was established in the eastern Galisteo Basin. As a passenger terminal for Santa Fe and the surrounding area, the Lamy Junction became an important stop—replete with locomotive storage and railroad employee housing.
Lamy was a thriving railroad town until the 1930s, when the railroad converted from coal to diesel fuel and there was no longer need for a round house or for extra pusher locomotives. Lamy hit its peak population in 1930 with approximately 300 residents. After the 1930s Lamy's population dwindled, but the town has maintained its ties to the railroad. Lamy is the destination for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, a tourist excursion train that runs twice a day from the Santa Fe Railyard, and it is still a stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (Amtrak) line from Chicago to Los Angeles. By 2010 the population was down to 218.

Materials used:

Oil paint

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