three horses in field oil painting

three horses in field

Three horses are shown in a field in this oil painting, painted during late summer 2012. Two of the horses are black, the other brown. They are taken from a photograph of horses in the New Forest. I then placed them in to a composition using a photograph of a field from another location. I enjoyed painting the three horses, in particular the shine on their coats, as I had only ever painted one other horse previously. The brightness of the grass helps to show the form of the dark horses well. Painted on a canvas sized at 20” x 16”.

Cunard Queen Mary at Weston shore, Southampton acrylic painting

Cunard Queen Mary at Weston shore, Southampton

cunard queen mary at southampton

This acrylic painting shows the Cunard ship, Queen Mary, at Southampton docks during an evening in spring, 2012. The ship, the largest of the 'three Queens', is seen from the view point along Weston shore. Weston Shore is a shingle beach on the outskirts of Southampton city, on Southampton water leading in to the Solent. All ships entering and leaving this port can be seen here. The painting is based on a number of photographs taken one evening, and recomposed in photoshop. The image is then scaled up and transferred to a canvas measuring 20" x 16". The sun is getting low in the sky so the ship is becoming a silhouette, the waves now having bright, sparkly crests as they catch the low sun. The two children swimming in the Solent, with their mother watching, help to give scale to the shingle beach and the layout of the painting. Painted in 2012.

OPEN ART EXHIBITION AT KING JOHN'S HOUSE, ROMSEY

OPEN ART EXHIBITION AT KING JOHN'S HOUSE, ROMSEY

Martin Davey with painting at king johns open art exhibition 2012 of 'burlesdon brickworks traction engines.'

Martin Davey with painting at king johns open art exhibition 2012 of 'boat wreck with birds.'

As part of the Hampshire open artists events during summer 2012, a small exhibition was held at King John's House, in the town of Romsey, Hampshire. It ran from 21 August to 1st September, and I had four paintings on display, within the open art exhibition. The two photographs were taken on the opening night.

3 Acrylic Paintings

old boat on river mudflats1

This painting of an old, abandoned boat was painted in acrylics on a canvas board measuring 12" x 10". It took only a few hours to do and is based on part of a photograph taken of boats on the River Itchen, Southampton, where many old wrecks can be seen.
Painted in 2012.

three mallard ducks in pond

This is an acrylic painting of three Mallard ducks swimming together,on pond water. It is painted on a board measuring 9" x12".

Southampton Hillier Gardens

This is a painting of one of the landscaped gardens at Hillier Gardens, near to Romsey and Southampton, in the UK. The garden was set up in 1953 by Sir Harold Hillier and now covers 180 acres. The collection covers a diverse collection of hardy trees and shrubs from around the world. This acrylic painting illustrates the main lake in the center of the gardens, during summer. The large amount of trees makes the landscape seem quite dark, but the bright reflection in the water helps to balance out the tones within the painting.
Painted in 2012 on a 16" x 20" canvas.

Southampton River Hamble acrylic painting

Southampton River Hamble

River Hamble, Southampton

This painting is of the River Hamble, near to the Solent and Southampton, in the UK. It is based on a view photographed during the spring of 2012, and features a view of the marina, near the town of warsash, packed full of boats. There are a number of marinas down the river. The land is very flat and when the tide goes out the mud flats are revealed, showing a covering of moss and algae, with pockets of water isolated from the river. The River Hamble contains many old shipwrecks of  archaeological importance. I was drawn to this scene for my painting by this strong, green landscape, that only appears for part of the day and the way that puddles of water remain   creating their own small rivers through the landscape.
This painting is created in acrylic on a canvas measuring 20" x 16".

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED for fine art artwork

Today I launched a new website. It is called martindaveyfineart.co.uk. I still have my main site, martindaveyillustration.co.uk, which contains all of my artwork. This new site is designed to concentrate only on my oil and acrylic paintings, and no digital paintings, illustrations or animation, in the belief it may attract more viewers to this type of artwork.

It took about 6 days to build, trial and error, but I did learn more about HTML doing it and CSS as well, which became very helpfull near the end, when IE and firefox browsers were displaying the pages slightly different to each other, though not now.

This is a screen shot of the home page as launched.

Please visit it if you can!

Church Lane, Christchurch UK acrylic painting

Church Lane, Christchurch

This is painted in Acrylics on a 16″ × 20″ canvas. It depicts a street situated in the Dorset town of Christchurch,UK. The street has lots of character and a contemporary view is seen here with the houses adorned with satellite dishes and the tarmac with road markings. I was drawn to the buildings and the rich colours of the bricks, and the signs of weathering and repair over the years (100s). The figure of a tourist is there to help with interest and scale. Painted in 2012.