This train is not a photo, but a painting - A railway artist with autism

Train images in the page of the link below, a great train picture. No, this is not a picture but a painting. I was really surprised when I first saw the works of Fukushima Hisashi.

まるで写真！自閉症の画家が描いた表紙が話題に　作者の父に思い聞く - withnews（ウィズニュース）
http://withnews.jp/article/f0151205000qq000000000000000W00o0401qq000012810A

This article written in Japanese introduces a railway artist with autism with some of his works, and with an interview with his father. I haven't heard of him for four years since when I first knew of him, so I was greatly relieved and amazed that he has continued his art works.

I first knew the artist 4 years ago. I was so surprised that I visited an exhibition of his works in Komagawa, Saitama, from Sendai taking a paid holiday. Images through the internet was amazing enough, but seeing the real things amazed me a lot.

I have known that he has been in the news again because the visitors to my Japanese blog has been increasing although I haven't posted new articles for 10 days on that blog. Many visitors reached a few blog posts of mine via a search result for "Fukushima Hisashi". I wondered, "Has there been something new about this railway artist", and finally I reached the news above.

I kind of like drawing pictures of trains and automobiles, but my drawing is just a pastime or an activity to fight with stress and flashback rather than an artistic activity, but I'm thinking that his work is real art, because I think he is expressing images to their details in a way I wish to express.

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