Mining Exhibition - the changing face of mining

The National Waterfront Museum is a major asset to Swansea, more so when it is used to stage exhibitions from local artists as it did this evening.

Tina Francis has put together a stunning collection of painting of the men who work in the open cast mining industry in the communities north of Swansea at East Pit. She has even produced two paintings representing the women who worked down the pits in the early part of the nineteenth century, before that particular workforce was outlawed.

The paintings are powerful and evocative, capturing the physicality of the mining work as well as the character of the men. It was a pleasure to carry out the official opening. If you are able to, go and see the exhibition. It will be there for the next couple of months.