Northeast Regional

Oil on board; 40 x 60 cm, framed

On a recent trip back to the the States, I took the Northeast Regional train from Boston the New York. It’s a lovely ride, which skirts the coast, offering long glimpses of the Atlantic, its harbors and the coastline. As I grew up in this region, but have been away from it for a very long time, the excursion was a nostalgic one. And there’s something about witnessing these views from the frame of the train windows, in the silence of the train car, that gives the experience a dreamlike atmosphere. It was early autumn, and the coastal reeds were beginning to turn red. The sea was still and bright; I felt I had moved, in more than distance, a long was away.