J Craig Thorpe Illustrator

J. Craig Thorpe grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the sense that rail systems were necessary for society's common good. During his bachelor's program at Carnegie-Mellon University, he pondered ways to bring his artistic and railroad interests together. Work with architects refined those skills, and one of his paintings was used by Amtrak on its 1993 calendar, which resulted in other corporate and private commissions for historical, contemporary, and future-themed rail art. Thorpe's original art can enable us to recognize characteristics inherent in rail transportation so necessary to the maintenance of a civil society. He lives in Bellevue, Washington.