North woodland drawings by Rob Miller

Chapel with beech
Charcoal on paper

Beech on the road down to Whitewell
Charcoal on paper

Oak, Beech and Ash with farm buildings at Tockholes
Charcoal on paper

Oak and Ash with barn above Waddington
Charcoal on paper



I have been  following the developments of Parliaments privatization of the Heratige woodland in Britain.So as part of a new series of work on the North of England I've started to take a look at woodland and its visual relaltionship to the land, I suppose to see what all the fuss is about. The history of the lands in the north is by and large one of ruthless overuse and abuse by both public and private individuals and companies. Many of the ancient woods I love are in fact protected because they are on small pockets of private land, owned by individuals or by groups some of which have strong environmental preservation interests, loads are accessable by either public footpath or permission if its responsable and sought such as the stydd near Ribchester or high moorland oak copses, others are already owned by the private water companies.

chapel by the trees
mixed media on arches paper