Three artworks created by St Arnaud artist Kyle Torney to adorn freight trains carrying local produce, as part of the Murray Basin Rail Project, will remain in local hands.
Pyrenees Shire Council has been selected to receive 3 of the artworks after an EOI process.
The artworks will be installed at Gallery 127 at the Avoca Railway Station.
The remaining 4 paintings will remain with Loddon Shire Council, in the state’s northwest.
Seven paintings by Kyle of fruits, nuts and grains moved via the Murray Basin freight network were used to decorate a locomotive operated by Pacific National, highlighting the benefits of the project.
Kyle painted the oil-on-board works at his studio in St Arnaud, which is about 250km northwest of Melbourne.
The artworks show table grapes, almonds and oranges grown in the Sunraysia region, as well as scenes common in the Wimmera around St Arnaud: an ear of wheat, flowering canola in bloom, grain silos and a crop being harvested.
Learn more about the Murray Basin Rail Project.
