Coal Mining Gallery
My Message
The Coal Miner has a history of working in a job which was arduous, dangerous and unhealthy, yet their contribution to so many aspects of life in coal mining communities and beyond is immeasurable.
Being employed in the mining industry for over 25 years, my interest in the portrayal of the pitman at work in different eras made it an obvious choice for my paintings. The cramped and hazardous conditions are a source of my endeavour to capture the miner in his working environment.
My interest in coal mining art is also well documented by pitmen painters in the North East such as Tom McGuinness, Oliver Kilbourn from the Ashington Group, Bob Olley and Norman Cornish. However it was also an inspiration for artists such as J.M.W.Turner, Sir Frank Brangwyn, Josef Herman, L.S. Lowry, Henry Moore and Keith Vaughan.
It is therefore very inspiring to be painting a theme which was of interest to so many illustrious artists.
 Thatcher's Men Oil on Canvas 60x80cm |  4 Dead Miners (Oil on Canvas) |  Advancing The Prop (Oil on Canvas) |
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 After The Shot (Oil on Canvas) |  Bait Time 1 (Oil on Canvas) |  Bait Time 2 (Oil on Canvas) |
 Bath Time (Oil on Canvas) |  Between The Props (Oil on Canvas) |  Changing For The Face (Oil on Canvas) |
 Chilton Colliery (Oil on Canvas) |  Connecting The Belt (Oil on Canvas) |  Drawing Out (Oil on Canvas) |
 Demolition (Oil on Canvas) |  Evicting The Miners (Oil on Canvas) |  Filling The Kibble (Oil on Canvas) |
 Filling The Tub (Oil on Canvas) |  Going Out Bye (Oil on Canvas) |  Hewer 1 (Oil on Canvas) |
 Hewer 2 (Oil on Canvas) |  Leaving The Cage 1 (Oil on Canvas) |  Leaving The Cage 2 (Oil on Canvas) |
 Leaving The Face (Oil on Canvas) |  Lifting The Girder 1 (Oil on Canvas) |  Lifting The Girder 2 (Oil on Canvas) |
 Man & Boy (Oil on Canvas) |  Man Rider 2 (Oil on Canvas) |  Man & Machine 1 (Oil on Canvas) |
 Man & Machine 2 (Oil on Canvas) |  Miner & Pony (Ink on Paper) |  Moving The Belt (Oil on Canvas) |
 Narrow Seam (Oil on Canvas) |  Orgreave / The Miner's Strike (Oil on Canvas) |  Preparing For The Face (Oil on Canvas) |
 Preparing The Shot (Oil on Canvas) |  Pushing The Tub (Oil on Canvas) |  Repairing The Tub (Oil on Canvas) |
 Scraper Conveyor (Oil on Canvas) |  Retrieving The Drill (Oil on Canvas) |  Setting The Chock (Ink on Paper) |
 Setting The Timber (Oil on Canvas) |  Shovelling On To The Conveyor (Oil on Canvas) |  Stairway To The Shaft (Oil on Canvas) |
 Stemming The Shot (Ink on Paper) |  Supporting The Prop (Oil on Canvas) |  Taking Up Positions (Oil on Canvas) |
 Thatcher's Men (Oil on Canvas) |  The Cage Ascending (Oil on Canvas) |  The Curve (Ink on Paper) |
 The Driller (Oil on Canvas) |  The Eickoff Shearer (Oil on Canvas) |  The Face (Oil on Canvas) |
 The Final Act (Oil on Canvas) |  The Girder Team (Oil on Canvas) |  The Kist (Oil on Canvas) |
 The Loading Point (Oil on Canvas) |  The Man Rider (Oil on Canvas) |  The Putter 1 (Oil on Canvas) |
 The Putter 2 (Oil on Canvas) |  The Screens (Oil on Canvas) |  The Workshop (Oil on Canvas) |
 Whitworth Colliery (Oil on Canvas) |  With Pick & Shovel (Oil on Canvas) |