Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, C1950

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Heroes of the second world war and more brilliant Alan

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 16 Sep 19:02:30

Another heavy industry of the time Alan and a supporive one to the potteries. The sulphur smog is well depicted in your sky, it must have been hell on earth for the poor people having to live and work amongst it. Your paintings always give that stripped down reality of the time and place. I agree with Dennis, brilliant!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 16 Sep 19:12:32

Marvellous work Alan, every picture tells a story!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 16 Sep 20:44:20

Fascinating and quite unbelievable stories about days gone by and the men and women who earned their living in awful and dangerous workplaces. Your paintings of Potteries, Alan, are a fine testament and tribute to those people.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 16 Sep 21:13:20

A lovely painting Alan :)

Posted by Maria Hughes on Wed 16 Sep 22:13:58

Lovely piece Alan I enjoy seeing this series of paintings and this is a lovely one again.

Posted by dennis roberts on Wed 16 Sep 23:20:01

The almost skeleton line drawings against that ominous yellow smog really recreates the suffocating atmosphere. This is an excellent series of paintings Alan.

Posted by Julie Bosley on Thu 17 Sep 06:38:13

Very vivid addition to your series Alan, good to record our industrial past, wouldn't like to go back to all those fumes though.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 17 Sep 08:27:53

I'm hardly an industrial buff, but I really look forward to each of your paintings in this series, Alan! It's always dynamic, full of vitality and atmosphere. Excellent, excellent work!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 17 Sep 11:11:50

You make the colours bounce off each other to such effect - yet another evocative work in this fascinating series

Posted by Michael Edwards on Thu 17 Sep 11:42:42

Wonderfully ethereal somehow.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 17 Sep 19:37:09

That's a super painting Alan , it's beautifully composed and so evocative

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Fri 18 Sep 06:58:02

Hang on Studio Wall

16/09/2015

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Oil on canvas 24 x 30''. Part of my Potteries series of a bygone era. Arnold Bennett made reference to the yellow choking fumes from these industries, and I have tried to capture this in my painting. I added the two almost 'ghostly' miner's as a testament to all those who perished in tragic accidents at this colliery over the years.

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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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