Painting of Rossendale Lancashire in Winter Rob miller RSA

Rossendale Winter 2010
Up on Cowpe
24 inches x 48"
Oil on Board

"A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE"

Up on Cowpe this time, last year were I got the inspiration to paint the winter ridge painting  Rossendale Winter; it was like Siberia with shards of ice underfoot and bitterly cold on the frozen, flooded bog , skating under  swirling snow clouds; we walked towards an horizon marked by the sulphur yellow of Manchester; this year if we did the same walk we would be knee deep in bog, and Manchester would be hidden by a wall of fog;  sadly there is no snow forecast for  the west Pennines this Christmas instead we have a sleety rain;  Christmas will be a damp affair under leaden skies so time will be spent by the the Christmas tree before we walk to the Inn for Christmas dinner , quaff  wine and ale, eat mince pies and make merry.....

best wishes 

Rob