Robert Newton Hurley (1894–1980), was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, and immigrated to Canada in 1923 to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway near Milden, Saskatchewan. Largely self-taught, his artistic journey began under financial pressure during the Great Depression he improvised with materials like berry juice and newspaper, painting with a toothbrush when conventional tools weren’t available. In this poetic landscape, Hurley unites his two great muses the open prairie and the railway as a metaphor for creative passage. A railroad track recedes into a luminous sky, painted in gentle bands of blue and amber, with broad, subtle washes that echo the infinite gaze of the Saskatchewan horizon. Utility poles march alongside the tracks in disciplined rhythm, their linearity grounding the composition while drawing the viewer into the scene’s depth. Writer’s Railway celebrates Hurley, Saskatchewan’s “sky painter,” by effectively using watercolor to illuminate the wide-open prairie under endless skies, guiding the viewer’s imagination across Canada’s vast, resonant landscapes.