Welsh coal mines. Penallta Colliery (2004/24)

oil - 26" x 42" - Prints are available, sizes 9 and 10. Click HERE.

Details for this painting come from my 1982 sketchbook shown below. During the painting of Penallta colliery I visited a former miner who helped confirm doubt I had with some areas. As much as I can remember the colliery features changed every 10 years or so and my painting captures it in 1982. Had I been years ealier I might have cought the two wooden water coolers and the coal buckets which travelled up to the coal tip seen.