Lyle Longstaff is almost 80 years old, and still loves to paint heritage buildings. Born in New Westminster, he was a home builder for many years, and appreciates the rich character of heritage structures.  "I hate to see the old architecture destroyed. I once lived in a house that was over 100 years old...the wood in it was close-grained fir that you can not get today. Beautiful!!" As you can see in the painting of  Dixon House (restored by the Langley Heritage Society, video HERE), he has a warm and engaging style. Lyle is also drawn to trains, "I grew up in the era of steam trains, and that is my real love. I paint the new locomotives because that is what people want."  He painted the scene below at Fort Langley's Heritage CN Station, operated by the Langley Heritage Society. Remarkably, Lyle only started painting about 14 years ago. We [...]