Rod R. Aszman
Oil Painter of Historical Railroad Scenes
and the California Landscape

Member of the Oil Painters of America, San Luis Outdoor Painters of the Environment,
and the El Camino Art Association

I am primarily a self-taught artist who has painted in traditional oils for the last 37 years. I had my first art lesson when I was five years old from my grandmother who was an accomplished artist. My late mother was also an oil painter of great talent and we shared many ideas on painting techniques and styles over the years.

In my artwork, I feel that I bring my knowledge of painting and my memories to the forefront in a representational and painterly style when capturing the drama and atmosphere of the California Landscape and the Historical Railroad Scene.

I have had numerous shows and exhibits throughout the Western United States, including a memorable "one man show" in 1983, and participation in a group show at Railfair '91 and '99, at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. Three of my railroad paintings are prominently displayed at this museum within the Stanford Library. My landscapes and railroad scenes are included within many corporate and private individual collections throughout the world. I am very pleased to be noted as one of the select artists when it relates to railroad artwork.

Also of interest, many of my railroad paintings have been reproduced as covers for railroad books and within publications of railroad history. Previous to my full time painting, I was employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad as a Trainman in 1972, where I was promoted to Conductor in 1978. I had worked the Los Angeles and Oregon divisions and left the SP in 1988 to paint full time