Coal Framed

Sam Peacock’s smaller Coal works are intimate studies within the wider Coal Collection, each one exploring the materials, surfaces and industrial references that inform his larger pieces.

Titled simply by number, works such as Coal 10 and Coal 11 sit almost like fragments or field notes. They offer a more concentrated encounter with Peacock’s process, where coal dust, paint and weathered steel come together to create richly textured surfaces that feel both elemental and archaeological.

These smaller pieces are not secondary works, but part of the thinking behind the collection. They allow Peacock to test composition, surface, patina and material behaviour on a more intimate scale, while still carrying the weight of the larger body of work. Each one reflects on Britain’s industrial past, the physical legacy of coal, and the gradual transformation of the landscapes and communities once shaped by it.

Presented together, the studies offer collectors a direct and tactile entry point into the Coal Collection. They hold the same material intensity and historical resonance as the larger works, but in a quieter, more concentrated form.