The Last Train Home
5 March 2007 Labels: World War 1 4 comments
further progress............today
most areas blocked in....fine tuning
tomorrow....waiting on white gouache
for background.......
Lambert
Job 
James
Jack
Tom
The BarkersFour Brothers and their Father
went to war
They went to war to fight for their country.
Tom returned from Gallipoli (wounded).
Jack (John) was killed in action at the
Battle of Messines.(aged 17 years)
One month later his Father, Jim (James)
was killed in action,
at the Battle of Messines.(aged 46 years)
Job (my Grandfather) was brought home at the
request of his Mother on compassionate grounds.
Job didn't finish the journey to his hometown.
He alighted from the train at the station
before his hometown
as he didn't want to be thought
of as a coward by the townspeople
who had all turned out to welcome him home.
Lambert returned from the war after 5 years
at the end of the war
and died from
gas exposure in his early forties.
I get a lump in my throat when I
think about this story.
mixed media on canvas 1.7m x 1.5m
I hope to have this finished by the
end of the week.
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WOW Kim! You have been so busy and very productive..I love this so much..The Barker Brothers..and it is very big....I can see a resemblance in all of them and with you and your family! Gorgeous guys! Anxious to see more...Way to go mate! Big hugs and love from CPH
thanks Lisa
I am really enjoying this as I am researching as I go......such a courageous story.....I hope you had a wonderful weekend...I popped over to your zazzle shop....you have been verrrry busy yourself...lol......it's very addictive making those products!!!!happy painting and product designing....you are doing a fantastic job....
love and hugs xxxxxxxxxx
Quite a job this family portrait and a super good one Kim.
I also love your interpretation of Lisa and Andreas. Great likeness, almost amazing.
Good continuation and many congrats on your art !
Gilberte
hi Gilberte
thank you so much for your comments....I'm enjoying this one as I can be a little looser with the application....have made some progress today....I'm off to the movies tonight to see Note of a Scandal (Cate Blanchet and Judy Dench) about an artist/teacher....heard it's very powerful!!!
love and hugs