Hale A3 Poster

The first Rail Art posters, promoting Marvellous Days Out on the Mid Cheshire Line, were commissioned by the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership in 2017.  They cover the length of the Line from Manchester through Stockport, Altrincham, Knutsford and Northwich to Chester.  A second Rail Art set was commissioned in 2019 by the North Cheshire Community Rail Partnership and cover the lines from Chester to Warrington and Liverpool.

About the artist

Nicky Thompson is an artist, designer and lecturer based in the North West of England.  Nicky was born in Sheffield in 1970.  He has an MA from the Liverpool School of Art and is visiting lecturer at the University of Chester.  Since 1994 he has owned and managed Chester boutique studio Lemondrop Creative. In 2017 his illustrations for Marvellous Days Out on the Mid Cheshire Line achieved international recognition. 

In November 2019 his first solo show ‘Made in Chester’ was launched at the Chester Grosvenor Museum.  In October 2020 he launched his ‘Gallery in the Gardens’ at Tatton Park featuring twelve new wildlife artworks celebrating Cheshire’s wonderful wildlife.  His Rail Art posters have been exhibited in the Cathedral alongside Pete Waterman’s Making Tracks model railway layouts.

Note: Frame not included. The size of the print you purchase is the ‘A’ size, i.e. if you purchase an A3 print, then the size of the paper is A3 (297mm x 420mm). The image area is set within this.