Time Transfixed

Feeling blue one Sunday, I was engaging in a little retail therapy, right before Christmas.  I was browsing through the Tiny Things Are Cute website, looking for altered art items for my stash.  I came upon a tiny, wooden fireplace that gave me a huge brainstorm.  Would it be possible to recreate my favourite painting in 3D?  

This is my fave painting, "Time Transfixed", by Belgian surrealist Rene' Magritte.

I went ahead and got the fireplace, then went on a hunt for a tiny locomotive.  I'm surprised that they aren't more readily available!  I was having zero luck.  Then I found one on ebay that was the exact right size and kind that I needed.  So I got it, and then I started making the project.  I tried to find a dollhouse-sized mantel clock but struck out so I had to make my own out of a clock face charm and piece of wood.  I made the candle sticks out of gold beads and bead caps.

I painted the fireplace white and grey.  I added some cotton from a Q-Tip to the locomotive's smokestack and then glued it to the back of the fireplace.  I had to stuff paper inside the back of the engine so that it could be glued flush to the back.

The fireplace is only 3-1/2" tall, so it's pretty small.

I probably could have done a better job with shooting the angle, but this is pretty close to the original painting.  I'm really pleased with the way it came out.