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Fine art prints from landscape paintings of the beautiful Pendle Hill area of Lancashire by artist Keith Melling.
Pendle from Barley Hill, Lancashire
Barley Hill (as it's named on the map, though not many people know it by name) is very near to the village of Barley, between Lower Ogden Reservoir and Pendle Hill itself. The way up is from Barley Green on an old green sunken track. It's not very high but the view to Pendle is superb.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Giclée print
Signed Limited edition of 195
20 x 28in. £97
Also 11 x 15.5in £49
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Heys Lane, Summer, Pendle Hill
Painting Pendle Hill in the early 1970''s I tried to ensure that I chose viewpoints that had not appeared on calendars or postcards or had been painted by other artists. I had to find views of my own. This entailed much research, walking and studying maps. On discovering this view I couldn't believe it had not been previously used. I felt like Carter entering Tutankhamen's tomb. I've since found countless other good viewpoints of Pendle Hill but this remains a firm favourite. There is a conifer plantation named Heys Lane Plantation very near here, so I'm assuming the lane here is called Heys Lane, there is no name on it or on the map. It is sometimes referred to as Barley Old Road by locals..
From a gouache and pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
giclée
Signed Open Edition 8 x 12in £39
also 14.5 x 21.75in £69
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Before Sunset, Black Moss and Pendle Hill, Lancashire.
On frequent visits, I noted the position of the sun in relation to Pendle Hill as the seasons progressed, ultimately settling for this composition. This is a good place to watch wildlife, as there is always something of interest on the water. In this picture I have painted a group of Canada geese which are often seen here.
From an acrylic painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of only 350
Giclee print 15 x 26.5in £79
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Pendle Hill from the North West, Lancashire
Another contemporary interpretation, painted from the fields above Bolton-by-Bowland with pastel.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Giclée print
Signed Limited edition of 195
20 x 28in £97
Also 11 x 15.5in £49
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Ribble Valley and Pendle Hill, Lancashire
The Ribble Valley, which is situated to the west of Pendle Hill, is of a gentler nature to that of the east. The weather is often better too, which is maybe why some people refer to it as the 'soft side'. Painted from between Grindleton and Sawley (near Bowland High School), the River Ribble runs all through the painting from left to right but is hidden by trees and banking.
From an acrylic and gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print. 7.5 x 16in £39
Also giclée print 11 x 23.25in £69
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Pendle in May, Lancashire
I''ve made many paintings of Pendle Hill from this lane but this was the first. Someone once said that this lane must be my golden mile as the paintings always sold. In fact this picture was sold when still wet on the easel. The view is from Heys Lane, better known as Barley Old Road, looking down onto the village of Barley. The Pendle Inn is quite visible in this picture but since the trees have grown it is now hidden.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
In four sizes:
14.5 x 22in £49
5 x 7in £15.50
giclée print 8 x 12in. £35
giclée print 17.25 x 27.5in £89
Pendle from Weets Hill, Lancashire
Weets Hill is one of the area's own Three Peaks, the other two being Boulsworth Hill and Pendle Hill. The views in all directions from the summit are very good, and the Yorkshire dales can even be seen looking north-east, but the aspect towards Pendle is, I think, exceptional. Here I've used a colourful contemporary approach.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
11.5 x 15.5in
Giclee print
Signed limited edition of only 95
£49
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First Snow, Lower Black Moss and Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Looking across Lower Black Moss Reservoir to the iconic Pendle Hill, with the first snow of the year reflected almost perfectly in the clear still water on a calm sunny day, making a satisfying symmetrical composition.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclee print.
16.125 x 22in £77
also 11 x 15in £39.50
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Pendle Hill from Black Moss Road
From a pastel painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Giclee print
Signed Open Edition
14 x 22in
£ 59
Newchurch, famous for its connection with the Pendle Witches, is located in rather an elevated position and therefore is usually one of the first villages to receive snow. The church tower, which predates the 'new' 17th century church, has the curious 'Eye of God' built into its west side, apparently to ward off evil spirits.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
8 x 12in £29
Also available as a larger giclee print.
10.125 x 15.5in £39.50
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Pendle Hill from above Marsden Park. Nelson, Lancashire.
The sunset from here is always striking and with the twinkling lights of Nelson, I just had to have a picture of it.
From a pastel painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Giclee print
10 x 15 in
£39
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Hoar Frost at Narrowgates, Barley, Lancashire
The frost was so thick it almost looked like snow.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclee print.
8.5 x 15.25in £39
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Winter Landscape, Roughlee, Pendle Hill
Painted from a similar place as Pendleside in Winter, but here showing more wintry sky.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
8 x 12in
£29
Also available as larger giclee print
14.5x 22.25in
Signed Limited Edition of 295
£59
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Pendle Hill from Pasture Lane, Lancashire
Approaching the brow of the hill as we come up from Barrowford, this view is always a pleasant surprise. Painted in 1974, the picture was a turning point for me as previously I had always used a much broader technique. I tried in this picture to capture the silver-grey tones of an overcast day, which is what it's like a lot of the time: I think days like this can be very beautiful.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print
5 x 7in £16.50
also 15 x 22in giclee £ 69
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Pendle from near Weets Hill, Lancashire
From an oil painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclee print
5 x 7 in
£20
Pendle Hill and Burnley from the Singing Ringing Tree.
Situated near Crown Point, the sculpture of the Singing Ringing Tree is well worth visiting in itself but the view over Burnley to Pendle is most stunning.
From a pastel panting
Artist: Keith Melling
Giclee print
Signed open edition
20 x 28 in £79.50
Also 11 x 15.5 in £39.50
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Pendle Hill from above Thursden Valley
From a watercolour painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Giclee print
Signed Open Edition
10 x 15 in
£39
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Pendle Hill from Newchurch.
This is a very popular viewing point of which there are many postcards and such like. That's why I avoided painting it for years as I like to find views of my own. But in the end the view is so good that I just couldn't resist, especially when I saw it on a clear day with mist on top like this!
Giclee print
From an oil painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
14.5 x 21.5 in
£69
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Pendle Hill from Mitton Bridge, Lancashire
It's all Lancashire now but before 1974 this stretch of the River Ribble was the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire, and there is still a reminder of this as the two county names are carved onto a stone parapet of the bridge. The meeting of three rivers is near here where the Rivers Calder and Hodder pour their waters into the River Ribble. Mitton or Mytton is an old word for 'meeting'.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 850
Giclée print
13.75 x 25.5in. £67
also 8.5 x 15.5in £30
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Pendleside in Winter, Lancashire
Another painting from Roughlee, looking over Happy Valley to a snow covered Pendle Hill.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print. 14.5 x 22in £49
also 5 x 7in £12.50
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Downham in December, Lancashire
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
5 x 7in £15.50
Also available as a larger giclee print
10 x 15in £49.
Seven Trees
These trees are in the middle of a field near where I live. Curiously they form a straight line and probably were part of an old field boundary. I first sketched them in 1990, some years later making a small etching-- from the etching I made this painting. So the picture has evolved, the sky becoming progressively more dramatic.
There is a folk tale quoted by some, of seven Pendle witches being cursed and turned into trees, but there are similar claims from other places around Pendle Hill.
From an acrylic painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of only 195.
Giclee print. 14 x 22in £69
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Sandy Hall Lane, Snow, Lancashire
The steep track, which is probably an ancient drove road, is lovely in any season. But in winter when it is covered in pristine snow, it is transformed and the scene is exceptional.
From a watercolour painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclee print 10 x 14in
£49
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Evening Light, Lake Burwain, Foulridge, Lancashire
Looking across Lake Burwain to Pendle Hill and Blacko Tower in the evening, before the sun sets..
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclée print
10 x 15in
£35
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Seven Trees III
From an acrylic painting
Artist: Keith Melling
Giclee print
14.5 x 22 in
£59.50
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Pendle Hill and Silver Birch
Artist : Keith Melling
Giclée print
Open Signed Edition
15.75 x 11.5 in. £49
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Pendle Hill and Firber House from Wheathead Height, Lancashire
Firber House, now a ruin. must have been one of the highest dwellings in the Pendle area.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 350
Giclee print
10.25 x 15.5in £49
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Pendle Hill and Firber House from Wheathead Height II, Lancashire
A slightly more contemporary version of this subject in three sizes.
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 350
Giclee print
28 x 201n £79
15 x 21in £ 69
11 x 15.5in £49
Thursden Valley, Lancashire
This secluded valley on the outskirts of Burnley, Colne and Nelson used to be popular as a picnic spot with the mill-folk of the area. The steep and precarious road on the far side goes to Widdop and on to Hebden Bridge.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
giclee print
9.75 x 14.75in
£37.50
Also larger
14 x 22 in
£69
Late Summer, Pendle Hill, Lancashire
A hazy late summer''s afternoon just above Pendle Water, in an area of Roughlee called ''Happy Valley'' by many locals. Most of my larger pictures are painted with oil paint, but for this, gouache was used, which is excellent for rendering fine detail.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print.
19.5 x 14.5in £49
also 5 x 7in. £15
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A Bluebell and Ramsons Wood
From a gouache painting
Artist: Sam P Melling 1975-2021
Open Edition (unsigned except in the painting itself)
7.25 x 11.5in
£25
Back o' Pendle, Lancashire
From a watercolour painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 350
Giclee print
14 x 22in £79
also smaller 9.5 x 15in £49
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Heys Lane, Winter, Pendle Hill, Lancashire
It's the same view as Pendle in May but in winter and snow covered.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print
9.5 x 12.5in
£29
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Pendle Hill, Big End, Lancashire
From a pastel painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 350
Giclee print
15.5 x 7in £ 42
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Pendle Hill and Barley from Heys Lane, Lancashire
Another painting of Pendle Hill from Heys Lane, this time in a different season.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition. Giclee print . 9.5 x 15.5in £40
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Spring Wood
The subject of this painting could be almost any English bluebell wood, but it happens to be part of the ancient Spring Wood near Whalley in Lancashire. The beautiful countryside of Lancashire is well endowed with such woodlands and this one happens to be so easily accessible. Described in former times as being one 'bowshot' from Whalley Abbey, Spring Wood is just off the A671, and is maintained by Lancashire County Council with help from Friends of Spring Wood.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 950
5 x 7in £16.50
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Bluebells, Haslost Wood II, Lancashire
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 350
Giclee print
8.5 x 12in
£37
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Pendle Hill from Cob Lane
Cob Lane winds its way up the hillside from Kelbrook towards the old Skipton road. The field was a waving sea of wildflowers and I think must have been a 'set aside field'. Blacko Tower can be seen in the distance dwarfed by Pendle Hill. Part of this edition was used for the Kelbrook School Centenary 1896 -1996, for which I added a small ink drawing of the school on some of the prints as a kind of remarque.
Signed Limited Edition print of 950.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
5 x 7in £15.50
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Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire
(by Sam Melling)
Steeped in history, Towneley Hall is located in beautiful parklands within Burnley Lancashire. It is now a gallery and museum with a fine collection, and remarkably - it''s free entry for residents of the Burnley area.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Sam P Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 195
Giclee print. 4.75 x 10in
£28
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Pendle Hill from near Red Lane, Colne, Lancashire
On the footpath to Slipper Hill (Old Ebby's) near the junction of Red Lane and Shirt-neck-Harry's, Colne
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition.
Giclee print
8.5 x 12in
£30
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Wycoller in Summer II, Lancashire
Wycoller is steeped in history, this picturesque hamlet has Brontë connections.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
giclee print
9.75 x 14.75in
£37.50
(also available smaller; see below. The smaller one is slightly different as it has a figure near the bridge)
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Wycoller in Summer, Lancashire
This small version is slightly different from the one above as there is a man near the bridge and a little less of the ruin is shown.
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print
5 x 7in £12.50
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Sandy Hall Lane, Lancashire
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition
Giclee print
8.5 x 12in
£35
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Pendle Hill from Todber, Lancashire
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print. 5 x 7in
£12.50
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River Ribble and Pendle Hill from Sawley
(by Sam Melling)
The river formed the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire prior to 1974, when the boffins of Whitehall changed the boundaries. Pendle has always been in Lancashire of course.
From an acrylic and gouache painting
Artist : Sam P Melling
Signed Open Edition print
6.25 x 13.5in
£25
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Copy Clough Wood
Copy Clough is within the grounds of Towneley Hall, Burnley. There are many kinds of trees here, but I particularly like the sycamore, its star shaped leaves seem to float on the air.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print
5 x 7in £12
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Admergill Water, Lancashire
From bleak beginnings near Weets Hill, Admergill Water flows through a lovely green valley below Blacko Tower to join Blacko Water and Pendle Water at the ''Water Meetings''.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
5 x 7in £16.50
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Orange Tips, Lancashire
There are two orange tips (butterflies) in the picture but they are not obvious at first. The wood is in the Sabden Valley, southwest of Pendle Hill.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850.
5 x 7in £16.50
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Towards Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Sometimes I am asked where this picture was painted from. Well in actual fact I can''t say because it is a combination of two views. The Lane near Rimington is turned around to face Pendle Hill and Pendle Hill itself is from a couple of miles to the west. I don''t make a habit of moving mountains!
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 950
5 x 7in £15.50
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Sun and Snow, Barley
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
8 x 12in
£ 27
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Pendle Hill from Ridge Lane, Lancashire
A more abstract treatment of Pendle Hill, which is not a change of style for me as I''ve been painting like this since the 1960''s alongside my detailed landscapes. The recent advances in giclee printing has made it easier to publish these images.
From an acrylic painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 250
Giclee print
9.75 x 15.5in
£43
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October Fields and Pendle Hill, Lancashire
I''ve painted quite a few pictures of Pendle Hill from around this spot. It is so convenient being only twenty minutes walk from where I live.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
5 x 7in £15.50
also 8.5 x 12 giclee print £35
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Kite Flying, Pendle Hill from Knotts Lane, Colne, Lancashire
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition of 650
Giclee print
15 x 19.25in
£ 49
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Winter Trees, Lancashire
There''s a great view of Pendle Hill from this narrow lane above Roughlee, but I''ve resisted it to paint these stark winter trees.
From a gouache and watercolour painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
5 x 7in £15.50
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Slow Lane, Lancashire
Around the periphery of Pendle Hill there are many little lanes like this. Actually this one is Blacko Bar Road near Roughlee.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850.
5 x 7in £15.50
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February Sun, Lancashire
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
5 x 7in
£15.50
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Winter Wycoller, Lancashire
From an oil painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
8 x 12in
£27
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Lake Burwain, Lancashire
With a view to Pendle Hill and Blacko Tower, Lake Burwain in Foulridge is ideally situated.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850.
5 x 7in
£15.50
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Leafy Lane, Lancashire
There are lots of little lanes like this in Lancashire. This one, above Sabden at Padiham Heights, is quite elevated, running along the ridge Black Hill.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Limited Edition print of 850
2.5 x 5.5in
£7
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Midsummer, Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Painted from the fields between Red Lane, Colne, and Lake Burwain.
From a gouache painting
Artist : Keith Melling
Signed Open Edition print of 850
8 x 12in
£ 27
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