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John Coker
was born in September 1952 in Los Angeles, California. Following two years
of college at the University of Denver, he began work as a brakeman and
fireman for the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in 1973. In 1981 he
went to work for the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and
was promoted to engineer in 1986. In 1990 he returned to the Cumbres Line,
and worked as an engineer until his retirement in 1995.
John's artistic ability was recognized when he was young, and he has been painting seriously for the past twenty years. John has taken several art classes during that time, but he is basically self-taught. The long winter layoffs from railroading were spent developing his artistic skills. He became a full-time artist in 1995.
Exhibitions
- Durango
Arts Center Juried Exhibitions - 1984, 1986, 1987, 1996
- Colorado
Railroad Museum Exhibit - 1997
- California
State Railroad Museum Exhibit - 1999
- Museo Cultural de Santa Fe Exhibit "El Tren" - 1999
Artwork In Publications
- Narrow
Gauge and Shortline Gazette - several covers thought the 1990s
- RD Publications
- Cover: Second edition of "Chama, Cumbres, and a Little Chili"
- Cover:
Second edition of "Durango: Always a Railroad Town"
- Illustration:
"The Southern"
- Illustration:
"Rio Grande Southern"
- Illustration:
"Rio Grande Southern II"
- Illustration:
"Gunnison"
- Illustration:
"The Chili Line"
- Timber
Times - Cover: "Hidden Treasures"
- Cover:
Second edition of "Mallets on the Mendocino Coast"
- Cover:
Second edition of "Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods"
- Heimburger
House - Cover: Second edition of "Nevada County Narrow Gauge"
- Challenger
Press - Cover: "Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern, Vol. I"
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