Easington Colliery circa 1968

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Wonderful subject Malcolm, those buildings are monumental and figures perfect

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Tue 20 Sep 12:49:33

Terrific Malcolm. Love to see old memories preserved in picture and you've really caught it well.

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 20 Sep 15:01:34

Excellent painting Malcolm.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 20 Sep 16:05:42

Brilliantly poignant painting Malcolm. So well illustrated. What strikes me is the symbolic nature of the massive colliery buildings dwarfing the figures. The colliery was bigger than all of us but she decimated it like a chainsaw fells a tree. I have to be honest, I did my duty and put my family history painfully out of the way while I did it.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 20 Sep 16:21:55

Hang on Studio Wall

20/09/2016

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Graphite pen and watercolour drawn from memory of the first landscape sketch I ever did looking out of the Survey Office window. The only reference I had was old photos at 90 degrees to this view. That's me and my two assistants Geordie Vickers and Norman Walker in the foreground heading underground to do some survey work.

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Malcolm Coils

Watercolour, wash and pen, graphite drawing, and collage with mixed media. https://instagram.com/malcolmcoilsart

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