Deep Grove Quarry: Smoke, Shale, and Sulphur

High on the North Yorkshire coast, Deep Grove quarry tells the story of an industry that once transformed the landscape—and filled the air with choking fumes. Between 1720 and 1860, quarrymen here carved out the earth by hand, using nothing more than picks and shovels, to extract alum shale. From this sh ...

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Smoke over Whitby — The Sandsend Bogey

The coast lies quiet beneath a sky heavy with cloud. Small waves slide up the beach with the ebbing tide. It is early yet; the crowds have not arrived. But beyond the headland the scene darkens. A wall of orange-stained smoke rises from the moor, its glow outlining Whitby and the Abbey. The fire on Fylingdales had flared ag ...

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Unless anything else occurs to me I’m calling it finished.

‘Rising Tide’ Oil, 100x75cm. #Whitby #Sandsend #painting #wip #art #fineart #britishpainting #contemporaryart #NorthYorkshire #northyorkmoors #mastoart