© 2012 Michael Fiveson
A lonely train car sits on a forgotten track in my home town. Apparently it is owned by Canada, so if any of my Canadian friends want it back, we can work something out, including my finders fee. Artists have found this car and have left their mark with some interesting and slightly bizarre images.
Mike's Look at Life 
Are you going to post some close-ups of the artwork?
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Nope.
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Sometimes it amazes me the effects they can get with a can of spray paint! It’s not usually very rewarding to dig too deep into the content, but I find graffiti to sometimes improve a site… and have a feeling that’s what motivates it in the first place… covering up all the dull in life!
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Great perspective and I think you are right on the mark.
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This is actually great art work. I wonder if they are going to do more in all the middle space. I clicked on the photo to enlarge it, and that just makes it look better.
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I like it too. I am going to hire them to do your house, my gift.
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Let me check with the HOA first.
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Yes, they are bizarre
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Holly lulya.
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Some of that grafitti is so good, why don’t these people use that talent to make money instead of defiling private property… Being so close to Canada, I recognized the government logo right away as those cars pass through here frequently. That car is a long way from home!
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John, not to say that graffiti is ok, but do you really think there is a large, or even small market for artists?
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I guess not, some are called Starving Artists. heh
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Is there a ransom being asked?
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Ha! Good question. In any event, since I found this piece of Canadian property, I want in for some cash when its all said and done.
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Marine law applies here.
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Explain, please.
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For the person who wanted to salvage the car.
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Yes, I meant what is marine law?
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Did you check inside? There may be boat-load of rice in there 😉
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I did not check inside but a boat load of rice demands another trip 🙂
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Looks to me like no one but the ‘artists’ cared…
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Ha!
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Wildstyle. That’s the lettering style. It is an art form and graffiti artists can discern one person’s style from another. The graffiti subculture is rather complex and extremely interesting. Sometimes I will sit by the tracks and watch the graffiti go by. I have a graffiti post started, but I haven’t finished it for some reason. I think I wanted more photos. But not until next month, because I’m not here this month. Shhhhh. You didn’t see me. Pretend this is a throw up on your wall (“throw up” is another lettering style…very simple, one you just throw up on a wall.)
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LOL. Dezra, I don’t want to have to live without your wit and insight. Not to mention intelligence. The things you know! And that Dezra spin! I won’t tell a soul you were here, but you have to promise to come back.
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I’m inventing myself, so it will be a surprise as to what I’ll come back as. (I’d say “RE-inventing” but I was never in-vented to begin with–mostly out-vented!)
I rely heavily on the Internet for information (I’m an information junkie). But with graffiti, I also checked out library books and professional journals and sat at a railway station just to understand what graffiti is and why the artists do it. I even tried to do some wildstyle myself (on paper, not on walls), but I’m not patient enough. There’s a great documentary done about graffiti that I really enjoyed watching. It’s called “Style Wars.” In my next life, I’ll be a graffiti artist. You just wait.
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And in that next life I’ll be the kid trying to rub elbows with you. When you get ‘invented’ do come back. What was wrong with who you were?
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It was what everyone else wanted me to be. I’m really good at reading what people want to see me as and then being that person. Nothing wrong with it, just not me. Sort of.
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I like you in any event, but look forward to you being fully you.
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I find it amazing how there is always graffiti on train cars everywhere you look! Nice shot!
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I grew up in NY. Talk about graffiti on train cars, and everywhere else. But you are right, train cars must appeal because they will be seen by many.
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Very true!
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must be some starving ego involved with all that. I mean I’m really handsome but I don’t run around specifically to show people my face.
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I know exactly what you mean! haha
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When are you coming to Colorado? I get the sense you travel quite a bit?
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Hopefully sometime soon. I have only been on the eastern side of the country but I would love to go out west. Lots of beautiful scenery out that way!
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Give me a heads up if you do that, or I’ll come to Florida and break your knee caps.
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Hahaha! I sure will my friend! If you ever come down to Florida let me know and we can go shoot together!
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My son used to live in Boynton Beach but he moved back in ’06, thank God. We used to go down twice a year.
I was stationed in Milton, Fl back in the day.
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Mike, Those are some bizarre images but the gift one has to use a can of paint to bring them alive……. amazing!
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Agreed. Most of these kids are really good. Hope mom is hanging jagged.
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You may have to pay out royalties for the art work! 😯
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Not likely.
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Milton, Florida huh? Small world isn’t it? Glad your son moved back close to you!
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Milton, Florida 68-72. I like the Keys.
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Well I was born in ’68. Went to the Keys when my grandparents lived in Miami. My grandfather took me and my brother on a fishing trip down there. That was a lot of fun!
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We were in Key West, again, not long ago. I love the freak show down there, as well as the ambiance.
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I would love to back down there now just to take pictures of all the old buildings! I really enjoy architectural photography. It’s only about an 8 hour or so drive from me.
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I’d wait until the winter, eh.
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Most definitely!
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I grew up close to Lowell, Mass. There are many bridges there that are tagged as well. This reminds me of the beauty, the varied colors and designs I passed by as I drove to work…. thank you for sharing this.
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My pleasure.
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