Vanished landscape of the Potteries
Oil. 80×80cm
‘Experts calculated that in the heyday there were up to 4,000 bottle kilns in Stoke-on-Trent with as many as 2,000 still standing in the 1950’s. The Clean Air Act of 1953 sounded the death-knell for the smoky, coal fired oven. There are 47 still standing today – all are listed buildings.’
Vanished landscape of the Potteries belongs to the following groups:
British Painters, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Feel, Don't Copy, Fine Arts, History, Industrial landscapes, Just Brown, Oil Painting, Solo Exhibition, The Best of, The Urban Environment and United Kingdom
Anni Morris
Lovely work Vicky. Guess this is in Staffs??? I visited there many years ago. The terrain reminds me of Lowry. You’ve made the pollution pretty…I guess those smoke ghosts can look beautiful too.
vickymount
Yes, this is in Staffs, although of no particular location as I worked from several old photos.
Glad you like it and thankyou for favouriting!
linaji
Amazing illustration!! YOUr style is so rich and the message you convey is clear
JaredJames
Love this work!
Sandy Wager
wow! This must have taken ages to paint. It is wonderful!
vickymount replied
It did take a while to paint! I always say… I’ll paint something smaller and less detailed next time and then end up painting something just as complicated.
Herkissable
FAB-U-LOUS!!! looove the way you have the smoke rolling from every chimney!!
vickymount replied
Thankyou 8~)
rumbarber
this is brilliant – grim but beautiful – the mind-boggling layers of terrace houses and smoke create almost surreal and dreamlike scene.
vickymount replied
Thankyou very much! 8~)
Gili Orr
beautiful painting. Love your colors.
MaiaRamish
really really amazing.. I’m in love with this one
Firedrake
Incredible! The warm tones and the cool smoke…brilliant.
mimi yoon
incredible, yes…..
i love your art…
Andrew Price
I live in Stoke-on-Trent and this is a beautiful representation of years gone by… Thank You! :)
vickymount
Awe! Thankyou Andrew, that comment warmed the cockles of me art!
catherine walker
So wonderful ..amazing work again!!
I am almost speechless at your great style!!
calves
Marvellous work!!!
Carol Berliner
woooooooooow awesome work! Iooooooove it instant fav!
vickymount replied
LOL! Thankyou Carol!
Daryl Gordon
fantastic work vicki.Congratultions on being featured in Industrial Landscapes
Maria Mann
I’m overwhelmed by your work! Incredible.
vickymount replied
I’m in a bit of a rut with a painting at the moment. It’s along the same lines as this…your comment on this painting has made me see the next one through less jaded eyes. You came along just at the right moment. And for that….a big thankyou. vixx
Simon Duckworth
lovely work, one gets the feel of the industry and how intense the potteries was in its hey day.. you could always tell you were near stoke on trent by by the number of kilns
vickymount
Thankyou simon…vix
dave allen
You have a wonderful style about your work,you certainly paint with PASSION.I really enjoyed looking at your R/B page.
vickymount
Thankyou Dave for all of your great comments and your time spent on looking through my work. It’s been very rewarding for me too. Vix
morpheus71
What a wonderful way you portray the industrial heydays of the potteries, something about the use of curvyness that softens the reality of the harsh atmospheric conditions
phiezer
Hello Vicky,
where can I purchase this wonderful piece.
thanx.
billyhall65@hotmail.co.uk