The Flickr Kernan Image Generatr

Santa Fe's lowly, but important 201 train rolls into Kernan, Illinois. This train seemed to do everything all the other trains were too important to do. Picking up repaired bad orders, moving company material, it was nice to see it.

May 06, 1996.

👨‍🎨 Joseph Francis KERNAN • American
* 13 September 1878 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
✝︎ 6 June 1958 in Bayberry Nursing Home, New Rochelle, NY.

“Sliding into Home”
Oil on canvas, undated.
29 x 20 inches.
Signed lower right.
📍Private collection.
Photo credit: Heritage Auction ⓒ

Catalogue Note Heritage Auctions ↓
Joseph Francis Kernan specialized in images of middle-class America that played on the viewers’ sense of humor and nostalgia. His images graced the covers and pages of major magazines from the 1910s through the 1940s, such as The Saturday Evening Post, Outdoor Life, and Liberty. As an avid outdoorsman and athlete, Kernan said he aimed to capture the “human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing, and dogs.” Though Kernan’s reputation has historically been overlooked in favor of his more famous peers like Norman Rockwell, modern collectors are finally beginning to give Kernan the recognition he deserves as we see an increased demand for Kernan’s original paintings in our contemporary art market.

"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

[Matthew 5:14-16 NIV]

5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)

2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)

3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)

4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)

5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)

Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!

“Joseph Francis Kernan (1878-1958) was a sportsman all his life and most of his subjects featured, as he described it, ‘the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs.’ These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all the major – and some minor – magazines, including ‘The Saturday Evening Post,’ ‘Collier’s,’ ‘Liberty,’ ‘The Country Gentleman,’ ‘Outdoor Life,’ and ‘Capper’s Farmer.’ His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International Harvester and Pratt & Lambert.” – The Illustrated Gallery.

“Joseph Francis Kernan (1878-1958) was a sportsman all his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, ‘the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs.’ These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all the major – and some minor – magazines, including ‘The Saturday Evening Post,’ ‘Collier’s,’ ‘Liberty,’ ‘The Country Gentleman,’ ‘Outdoor Life,’ and ‘Capper’s Farmer.’ His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International Harvester and Pratt & Lambert.” – The Illustrated Gallery.

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

KERNAN LAKE ON A GOOD SUNSET RED SKY AND CLOUDS

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