Company Store Prints Larry Fisher Biography
Larry Fisher’s interest in the railroad dates back as far as he can remember. He was born into a railroad family, May 9th 1939. Larry’s father, Donald, a Soo Line retiree after more than 35 years as a brakeman and conductor, was a great influence both as an artist and as an avid fan of the railroad. During his father’s early years on the Soo Line Railroad his job took him away from the family for long periods of time. Larry’s dad would always send letters back home and would include a pencil drawing of a trail scene for Larry and his brother Darrell. Darrell would later go on to work for the Milwaukee Road out of Harlowton, Montana. In the return letter that Larry’s mom would write to her husband, Larry would include a crude train drawing of his own. Actually Larry’s interest in trains took root much earlier. At about the age of three his dad worked for about a year in Sparks, Nevada on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Larry’s only memory of that period of time was Southern Pacific’s cab-forwards and long lines of yellow reefer cars. The reason he knows this is when they returned to North Dakota his Soo Line drawings would sometimes include a cab-forward with the Soo Line logo in the train’s tender. Following graduation from Harvey, North Dakota High School in 1957 Larry joined the Air Force. He continued his drawings, but just in cartoon form for his buddies in the barracks. In 1964, following a stint in the Air Force and a year driving a taxi he went to work for KTHI-TV in Fargo, North Dakota as a cameraman and set designer. In 1969 he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he still resides with his wife Carol. They have two children, Sheryl and Jon and one grandchild Preston. Larry’s big break came when he was asked to do a cover for a national magazine … Railfan & Railroad. This March 1981 cover led to other magazine and book covers, and eventually Limited Edition Art Prints. As Larry Fisher’s Art Publisher for many years, Heritage Art Editions is dedicated in preserving the memories of our heritage and the history of days gone by. We have sold his original paintings and limited edition art prints around the world to corporate and private collectors. Larry primarily works in three mediums … oil, pen & ink and acrylics. Acrylics are his favorite. His talents are self-taught, or as he puts it “trial by error”. A stickler for detail, a magnifying glass and a #1 brush are the most important tools of his trade. In 1998 after 30 years at Channel 13 Television in Las Vegas, Larry retired to devote all his time to his paintings. This now includes different means of transportation such as automobile scenes, streetcars, motorcycles, aircraft, vessels and others from the past as well as his favorite railroad settings. His basic philosophy in each painting he starts is to try and recreate on canvas an actual scene from a bygone era. A setting that will never be captured on film again … such as Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boys storming over Sherman Hill, Southern Pacific’s cab-forwards battling Donner Pass or Canadian Pacific Railway’s Selkirks winding over and through the rugged Canadian Rockies and many more scenes that are now only memories.

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Larry Fisher Biography

Larry Fisher’s interest in the railroad dates back as far as he can remember. He was born into a railroad family, May 9th 1939. Larry’s father, Donald, a Soo Line retiree after more than 35 years as a brakeman and conductor, was a great influence both as an artist and as an avid fan of the railroad.

During his father’s early years on the Soo Line Railroad his job took him away from the family for long periods of time. Larry’s dad would always send letters back home and would include a pencil drawing of a trail scene for Larry and his brother Darrell. Darrell would later go on to work for the Milwaukee Road out of Harlowton, Montana. In the return letter that Larry’s mom would write to her husband, Larry would include a crude train drawing of his own.

Actually Larry’s interest in trains took root much earlier. At about the age of three his dad worked for about a year in Sparks, Nevada on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Larry’s only memory of that period of time was Southern Pacific’s cab-forwards and long lines of yellow reefer cars. The reason he knows this is when they returned to North Dakota his Soo Line drawings would sometimes include a cab-forward with the Soo Line logo in the train’s tender.

Following graduation from Harvey, North Dakota High School in 1957 Larry joined the Air Force. He continued his drawings, but just in cartoon form for his buddies in the barracks.

In 1964, following a stint in the Air Force and a year driving a taxi he went to work for KTHI-TV in Fargo, North Dakota as a cameraman and set designer. In 1969 he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he still resides with his wife Carol. They have two children, Sheryl and Jon and one grandchild Preston.

Larry’s big break came when he was asked to do a cover for a national magazine … Railfan & Railroad. This March 1981 cover led to other magazine and book covers, and eventually Limited Edition Art Prints.

As Larry Fisher’s Art Publisher for many years, Heritage Art Editions is dedicated in preserving the memories of our heritage and the history of days gone by. We have sold his original paintings and limited edition art prints around the world to corporate and private collectors.

Larry primarily works in three mediums … oil, pen & ink and acrylics. Acrylics are his favorite.

His talents are self-taught, or as he puts it “trial by error”. A stickler for detail, a magnifying glass and a #1 brush are the most important tools of his trade. In 1998 after 30 years at Channel 13 Television in Las Vegas, Larry retired to devote all his time to his paintings. This now includes different means of transportation such as automobile scenes, streetcars, motorcycles, aircraft, vessels and others from the past as well as his favorite railroad settings.

His basic philosophy in each painting he starts is to try and recreate on canvas an actual scene from a bygone era. A setting that will never be captured on film again … such as Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boys storming over Sherman Hill, Southern Pacific’s cab-forwards battling Donner Pass or Canadian Pacific Railway’s Selkirks winding over and through the rugged Canadian Rockies and many more scenes that are now only memories.

Company Store Prints Larry Fisher Biography

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Larry Fisher Biography