Shelton Bar Steel Foundry, Stoke-on-Trent. C1958

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Wow. This is even more dramatic than your depiction of the outside. It is glorious. I love your use of green and red.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 14 Sep 11:08:41

This brings back memories, when I was an apprentice I had to work in the foundry for a few weeks at the large factory I was training at. I found it quite frightening to see all the molten metal flowing, as you have depicted so well here.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 14 Sep 11:11:53

This is my favourite so far, Alan.those reds shine out and the molten metal slightly off centre is a great focal point. Also, a very interesting composition with lots to look at around the painting.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 14 Sep 13:29:02

Great one Alan I used to deliver at a furnace and the heat was overpowering

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Mon 14 Sep 13:38:27

Love the red glow from the furnaces, bet it was so horrible to work in that heat. You have captured it so well Alan.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 14 Sep 14:30:57

Alan, you have excelled! A fabulous combination of elements, structures and colours. You have brought them all together to produce another snap shot of history.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 14 Sep 17:19:56

Another absolute beauty Alan! I don't know what to say it's so good. No wonder it jumped to the top gallery straight away. Magnificent!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 14 Sep 17:23:28

Wow, the power in this is fantastic ....

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 14 Sep 22:50:23

Love this one Alan. Fantastic fire! Red and green are so difficult to work in a painting..............but not for you. People are great scalers here too. Another cracker!!!!!!

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Mon 14 Sep 23:30:09

Another cracking and powerful painting Alan well done.

Posted by dennis roberts on Mon 14 Sep 23:41:46

A real stunner Alan

Posted by Michael Edwards on Tue 15 Sep 07:53:02

This is beautiful Alan, love the colours, WOW. :)

Posted by Maria Hughes on Tue 15 Sep 11:57:50

This is incredible on so many levels - composition, colour ,vitality & composition - love it Alan

Posted by lynne whitfield on Tue 15 Sep 12:42:04

You can really feel the heat and power in this Alan. This series just gets better and better.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 15 Sep 12:55:21

Absolutely STUNNING, Alan! I love the palette, the superb rendition of the fire and steam and the very dramatic atmosphere of the scene.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 15 Sep 14:14:23

Great work Alan. A real tribute to Stoke on Trent.

Posted by Karen Hall on Tue 15 Sep 20:58:41

Hang on Studio Wall

14/09/2015

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Oil on canvas, 24 x 30''. Another scene depicting life in the Potteries.

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Alan Bickley

Having studied fine art and graphics at both Stafford and Derby college, my career working as a graphic artist and latterly as editorial artist with Northcliffe Media Ltd, has kept me constantly in touch with all aspects of art and design. Painting mainly in oils, acrylics and watercolour, my…

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