Hopewell Train Station Art by Jerry Cable

Bucks County artist Jerry Cable has kindly contributed several of his paintings of the Hopewell train station to the History Project Art Gallery of scenes of historic local places – and especially train stations. His paintings show the station from multiple angles and in different seasons, and he has used two of the resulting images for his annual Christmas card.

Visit Jerry Cable and several other artists at the Hopewell Train Stations: History and Art presentation by Doug Dixon on Wednesday, December 1 at 7 pm at The Hopewell Theater.

The first three works were exhibited at his solo art exhibit at the Hopewell train station in the fall of 2001 – The first public event at the newly restored train station.

“**Spring of 38**” (2001) – Front of station with antique cars

“**Stationary Survivor**” (2001) – Side of station, looking west

“**Christmas Sled**” (2001) – Station from tracks with boy on sled

“Christmas Sled” also was used for Cable’s 2001 Christmas card: “Glistening red paint and the sound of crunching foot steps end the day as a brand new Christmas sled makes its maiden voyage past the station in Hopewell, New Jersey.”

In 2012, Cable updated his “Stationary Survivor” painting the use for his 2012 Christmas card. In addition to the Christmas wreath, he added a horse and sleigh from the Howell Farm in Lambertville.

Jerry Cable is a Bucks County, Pennsylvania artist, teacher, and lecturer. He draws inspiration from the New Hope Impressionist School in PA, and Old Lyme Academy in CT, and paints local landscapes of Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as the Maine Coast and Monhegan Island. His subjects include farms, animal husbandry, boats, vintage toy still lifes and portraits. His formal art training includes a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.

Cable’s work has been published in several books, featured on magazine covers, and lives in public and private collections across the continent. He has exhibited in over 65 juried and non-juried exhibitions, and over 55 solo shows spanning the northeast and New England. Visit his site at Jerry Cable Studio.

== View Jerry Cable’s work in the Art Gallery ==

== View the Art Gallery, with descriptions of the artists and their work ==

Jerry Cable and several other artists will be on site to display and discuss their works at the Hopewell Train Stations: History and Art presentation by Doug Dixon on Wednesday, December 1 at 7 pm. The event is at The Hopewell Theater, and is free and open to the public It is sponsored by the Hopewell Public Library, and co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society and The Hopewell Museum.

More on Hopewell Railroads

Two railroads were built in the 1870s to connect Philadelphia and New York by travelling up from the Delaware River, through Pennington and Hopewell, and then north towards New York. The Mercer and Somerset opened in 1874, but was shut down in 1880. The Delaware and Bound Brook opened in 1876, and is the predecessor of the line that still runs through the area.

Hopewell Valley Railroad Lines (1870s)