Open cast, Rossendale Northern painting by Rob Miller

Northern Row Above Rossendale
Landscapes without  figures
50x70 Oil on canvas

"The grasses how bright their light shines under the dull blue of a northern sky. A flight of seeds almost silent waterfalls on earth, more layers pan sticking  a crust of scars, how bright must the cloggers'  light have shone at Miller Barn and how well did they receive Wesley.."  Sketch book notes from Landscapes without figures

When I go through Rossendale by foot, by bike or by car I am impressed by the richness of the land and the equal richness of  the valleys spiritual and industrial buildings though sadly  many are now falling into disrepair. This valley like others was one of the main reasons why Manchester and the industrial revolution  was able to come  into being, such an array of raw materials and at that time such an array of preachers  

"as long as the earth endures,  seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter and day and night will never cease." Book of Genesis 8:22.