"The Last Cage Down"

…an exhibition which brings together works of art that portray the declining years of the coal mining industry opens on May 3rd at the Mining Art Gallery in Bishop Auckland. John’s painting “Reclamation Percy Pit” will be on show as part of it. The Mining Art Gallery is part of the Auckland Project which features two art galleries, a castle, a museum, a 15 metre tall viewing tower, three restaurants, a kitchen garden and a deer park and makes for a wonderful day out in the heart of County Durham.