Puffing Billy Trestle Bridge

A couple of days ago Maree @maree_sanderson posted a photo of the exact same spot as this painting. I said I would post this today just for her.

David painted this picture for one of our grandchildren, who lived near Belgrave at the time, and he is mad on trains.

This painting is now on the wall of Will's bedroom and he tells all his friends that his clever Grandad painted it.

I knew that David had taken a photo of the painting once he had completed it and so here it is. This painting was done in 2008.

If you want to check out Maree's photo here is the link.
http://365project.org/maree_sanderson/365/2016-03-06

I am posting a bit earlier today because we are out again tonight.

[Marnie]

Magic, on all counts.

[Martina]

this is is great, Babs...

[julia]

Wow he is very talented..

[Jenfurj]

This is lovely & what a wonderful momento from a grandfather to his grandson. I had to look up where Belgrave was, so now I have another destination to add to the list:)

[julia]

Is Will the same Grandson that has got Thomas on his wall.. or have you got two train mad Grandsons..

[Margo]

Wonderful painting.

[Hazel]

A wonderful painting by David - like the frame too!

[Joyce]

David is so talented and this is a great picture and a wonderful thing for a grandson to have

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful shot of a wonderful painting - so talented ,and such a lovely gift from a granddad to his grandson ! -- this will be treasured for ever !

[Diane]

What a wonderful painting, he is very talented!

[Irene]

What a wonderful gift to your grandson. I looked at your friend Maree's photo and your husband has captured it so well, all the wooden supports, the smoke, the people leaning out of the carriage etc. Excellent

[Rachel]

Wow Babs, David is very talented. I thought this was the actual train, with some water colour type processing.

[phototart]

I love old railways & this is a great painting. Where is the bridge?

[Chris K]

what a beautiful painting. Such talent and how lovely to paint such a special gift

[Peter]

Delightful painting beautifully painted and capture Babs, its amazing how so many photographers are accomplished painters:)

[Valerie Chesney]

Delightful, Babs, what a talent David has,,,Fav

[Christina Helliwell]

What a fabulous shot, and painting! Fav, fav, FAV!

[ChristineL]

Lovely painting, he's a talented artist.

[sally agnew]

David is very talented, nice capture of a very nice painting :)

[Helen]

Lovely painting, so much talent.

[Merrelyn]

What a lovely painting.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot of a beautiful painting.

[Margaret Brown]

A talented grandad and a lucky grandson!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Wonderful painting captured for us to enjoy. David must be pretty CHUFFED at his work.

[Taffy]

How cool to see the two!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful painting

[Debbie]

David is very talented.

[bruni]

Both Maree's @maree_sanderson and your shot look awesome. lot of happy people on board. wow. fav.

[Loopy-Lou]

Fabulous painting, very talented.

[Babs]

@paulmann Thanks. It is the Monbulk Creek trestle bridge near Belgrave in Victoria and the route of the Puffing Billy railway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrave,_Victoria

[Babs]

@julzmaioro No, it is Archie who has the Thomas picture. He is Will's younger brother.

[Babs]

@golftragic @cherrymartina @julzmaioro @777margo @quietpurplehaze @thistle @beryl @dianeburns @kelly2 @888rachel @cruiser @pcoulson @happysnaps @chrysanthemum @inthecloud5 @hermann @dizzyd @merrelyn @mittens @craftymeg @ladymagpie @taffy @bkbinthecity @deborah63 @bruni @bizziebeeme Thank you all so much. David will be pleased that you like both the photo and the painting.
This painting came about because we were passing a shop in Belgrave quite a few years ago and my daughter Debbie saw a painting of this very scene and said she would love a painting of it. Of course, David's famous last words were "I could paint that" and so he was given the task. This is the result. He also made the frame and the brass name plate too and etched the words into the brass plate too.

[maree_sanderson]

thank you Babs...it's wonderful...what a talented man your hubby is...love this one...fav!

[ShirleyB]

Brings back great memories for me. We took a trip on Puffing Billy 10 years ago when we visited Australia.

[Nova]

What a wonderful painting and so neat that Maree has a shot too. :)

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[KWind]

A wonderful painting and lovely compliment to Maree's shot.

[Babs]

@maree_sanderson Thanks Maree. It worked so well with your great picture too.

[Babs]

@shirleybankfarm Glad it brought back memories Shirley. It is a great little railway.

[Babs]

@pdulis @kwind Thanks, it was great to see Maree's shot and thought they worked so well together.

[Paula W]

What a clever and talented husband you have Babs. My son would have loved this too when he was young as he was train mad.

[Jane Morley]

I've just shown this to Ed who said" Bl .... He....... I didn't know he could do that. It's amazing! " think you can safely say it's his Fav too.

[JulieCo]

Fab painting. I love the subject and the technique. By the way, it took a long time to scroll through all these comments!

[Pam]

That's a nice painting!

[Annie D]

well done David! what a talent you are :)

[Sue Cooper]

What a talented chap! Wonderful painting.