| When you think of metal - what comes to mind? Buildings, bridges, railroad tracks? Lars takes that cold, hard, unyielding material and transforms it into amazing works of art. One of a minority of artists that work with metal, Lars will certainly astonish you with his work. His wide spectrum of style and choice of material will appeal to any preference or age. Lars' interest in sculpture grew out of a welding class he took as a teenager. Lars did not quite see the application as the teacher did. The teacher pointed to a sculpture he had in the shop and said, "this is what not to do." But that is exactly what Lars was drawn to. Lars continued to hone his skills at College of DuPage in Illinois, becoming proficient and very creative working with metals. His pieces have been on display numerous times. (see Lars' work on the sculpture page.) Lars' other passion is railroad photography, His most noted shot is of a train and semi-truck accident which earned him spots on Spike TV, Fox, other local programs as well as airing in Japan. (check out the train page.) Well seeing is believing. Relax and take a look around. There is a lot to see. |
| At the conference Lars was privileged to meet Jenny McCarthy the spokesperson for TACA, an excellent source for anyone seeking information or guidance regarding autism. |
| Lars recently had the opportunity to display his work at the Autism Conference which was held in Rosemont Illinois. |
| By Lars Eikens |
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| Welcome to the Eikens Brothers railroad photo site. This is Lars & Nils, and why do we photograph trains for the last 32 years? Well growing up with a railroad at the end of your street is bad enough, we had two of them. As kids the long black Chicago Great Western bridge over the Chicago Northwestern's west line looked like a giant jungle gym. |
| TRAINS - TRAINS - AND MORE - TRAINS |
| Absolutely attracted to it. We were way too young and probably suppose be at the local park next door. Sounds like a recipe for disaster and sometimes was. When we started attending school and it was the favorite place to spend the day playin hooky. After spending long hours there, one could not help falling in love with the trains that screamed by and the environment of railroad hardware. Even looking back at the black bridge on our way home we were mesmerized by the vision of the bright yellow face of a CNW F-7 locomotive in push-pull commuter operation moving away in the distance evoking the illusion she was stopped until the shadow of that bridge quickly cast over her in a mirage of heat. Seeing this and simultaneously smelling the railroad ties through wisps of diesel exhaust, we heard the unmistakable EMD chant of the ageing covered wagon on jointed rail echo louder for a split second, without question making us wish we had not left yet. For us, that was such a huge file of sensory perception that was forever downloaded into the main memory of our young and impressionable minds during those good'ol carefree childhood summers in the late 60s. Now everyone knows where one of the first stops we would make if we had a time machine. Then of course there's the trains that thundered over that black bridge, the CGW. Did someone say The Chicago Great Western and a time machine?... It was always the absolute highlight of our day when they showed up... continued on THE TRAIN PAGES. |
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