Making Tracks 2 Canvas Print

Lovely sepia photograph of the train-station platform at Old Nevada provides a nostalgic feel of the wild west. Railroad tracks have always conjured the thoughts of spontaneous travel and the lone wolf for me. Image two of two in a series called "Making Tracks 2"

Photograph taken in Old Nevada 2016

Born in Holmen, Wisconsin, Colleen Cornelius? work draws inspiration from her early childhood experiences growing up in a rural town. A one room general store with creaky wooden floors, tire swings attached by frayed rope to oak trees, and pale gold hay bales laid across contrasting green pastures are all a thing of the past to Colleens once cozy hometown. These days the town has grown almost ten-fold, and the old general store has since become a distant memory. Today, Colleen is focused on capturing contrasting images of nature and Americana that invoke a sense of nostalgia from living on the farm belt to the industrial growth of cities that have created beautiful cityscapes. This medium connects a unique collection of photographs that...