Parson is a Tucson artist (my hometown) who loves trains. I had the fortune of meeting this very gracsious artist one day after getting a coffee at Starbucks and then browsing the gallery next door. I was wandering about when I saw the trains on the back wall. I walked over and remarked to the lady tending the gallery that they were beautiful and then up walks the artist himself -- a rugged and handsome man with long blonde hair.
The lady asked me if I liked trains and I said ".... yes, you know, because of Atlas Shrugged." The artist smiled and said (this was awesome) "Oh I just finished painting the train from that book...", "the Comet?" I said and he said, "yea" and named the actual train that was the model for the Comet. He said he was just dropping it off at the gallery and went out to get it. It was beautiful. He talked about how he decided on the colors and some other artist kinds of things. He was very friendly and very proud of his work. It was great.
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