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Dunedin Artist Creates Tiny Wonderland On Model Trains

Don Kohler's train exhibit at the public library in Safety Harbor is drawing rave reviews, and he hopes its success will help him get recognized as an artist.

Don Kohler has been known for many things over the course of his 80 years. He is a former school teacher, a father, grandfather, an ex-cruise ship dance instructor, a self-proclaimed devout bachelor and a lover of collectibles. But the one thing he would really like to be known as is an artist.  “I had a teenager with spiky hair once tell me that I’m not a hobbyist, I’m an artist,” he said from his condo in Dunedin. “I liked to hear that. I think I am an artist.” Kohler creates original and intriguing works in the form of customized model train flat cars, a hobby he has pursued passionately for the past 12 years. Kohler started out making holiday-themed model trains with his girlfriend at the time and displaying them outside his lakefront …

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