Yeah that would be awesome if Kelly would want to paint one for all of us. I spoke to Mike the other day that we should look through the pictures and pick one or two that we all like, then have it made up as a work of art by Kelly or my Aunt Ann or both. I'm really looking forward to this. It would be great to have a spring/summer and a fall/winter painting done.
I found more mining paintings and additional information about each painting:
The Miner, by George Luks, 100% hand painted
The Discovery
Copper-plate engraving (ca.1880's) depicting Swiss strahlers discovering a quartz crystal cleft in the Alp. Original publication: unknown.
From Under the Sea
by James Clarke Hook (1819-1907)
Oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches (1864). The painting depicts a scene at the cliffside Botallack tin mine on the coast of Cornwall, which extends hundreds of feet below sea level. The miners, impregnated with red hematite dust, have just been hoisted up the steeply inclined shaft and out of the mine as their family members watch. The painting is in the Manchester, England City Art Museum.
Excellent Link for coal mine paintings
IN THE DEPTHS OF A COAL MINE.
http://history.osu.edu/projects/coal/Cr ... Depths.htm