Allotments at Southampton beside River Itchen

Allotments at Southampton beside River Itchen

This painting shows an area of allotments in Southampton, beside the River Itchen. The allotments are on the Bitterne side of the River. On the other side of the river can be seen a part of the east side of the City of Southampton, stretching from the civic centre on the left to the Northam bridge on the right with boat yards and facilities on the river bank, and larger buildings found in the City centre on the horizon. The allotment is on a steep hill, going down to the river and is quite large in area and in the amount of plots with little sheds located there.

The painting was done on a canvas board measuring 20” x 16” and done using oil paint on an acrylic base.

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Allotments at Southampton beside River Itchen -oil painting

Girl in a ballon greeting Happy sun -ipad mini case

Girl in a balloon greeting Happy sun -ipad mini case

Girl in a balloon greeting a happy sun iPad mini case by MartinDaveyArt

Cows in Devon Field-WIP oil painting

Cows in Devon field oil painting, WIP

This image shows a painting of some cows in a field in Devon, painted in oils during June 2014. Three stages are shown, the first stage the initial drawing on to a 16" x 20" canvas board done in brown acrylic. The second stage is a base colour layer again done in acrylics, using darker tones generally. The third stage shows the final oil painted layer.
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Cows in Devon field oil painting, WIP

Monster Train attacking Cowboys

Monster Train attacking Cowboys

A big, black steam train has transformed in to a monster. Some cowboys have come across it and the monster is angry. Its pistons have turned in to pincers and the firebox has teeth and claws to eat its victims with. Large clouds of dirty smoke are pumping out from the hot and aggressive metal creature, its lamp transformed in to an eye. The cowboys are trying their best at controlling it but the horse is very frightened.

Digital illustration painted in photoshop to A3 size during February 2014.

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Monster Train attacking Cowboys-digital painting

Fawley power station from Weston Shore Hampshire

Fawley power station from Weston Shore Hampshire

This painting shows the view from Weston Shore, Southampton, looking over to Fawley Power station on a spring morning. Running between is Southampton Water, and a Grimaldi Lines cargo ship carrying cars can be seen approaching the port of Southampton. The tall chimney of the power station is a very distinctive landmark in the area. Behind is the New Forest. The tide is out on the shore revealing various old pipes and concrete blocks.

The painting is done in acrylics on a board measuring 10” x 12”, in less than a day. Painted during June 2014.

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Fawley power station from Weston Shore Hampshire-acrylic painting

 

SS Shieldhall on a cruise in the Solent

SS Shieldhall on a cruise in the Solent

This painting shows the SS Shieldhall, a preserved steam powered ship, on a cruise in the Solent, Hampshire. She was built in 1955 to a traditional, older design and is the largest working steam Ship in Northern Europe. The ship entered in to preservation from 1985 after initially working in the Glasgow area when launched and later the Southampton area toward the end of her working career.

The painting was done with acrylic paint on a canvas board sized at 20” x 16”, over a period of a few days during June 2014.

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SS Shieldhall on a cruise in the Solent-acrylic painting

Northam boat yards and old boats

Northam boat yards and old boats

 

This painting shows the industrial area by the River Itchen at Northam, Southampton, as viewed from the Bittern side. Various boat yards can be seen on the left and on the right are cranes that work at the scrapyard, used for loading scrap metal on to a ship at least once a week. The tide is out and this reveals a carpet of green algae across the mudflats, inter-cut with small streams ow water running through it. A famous feature of the river is the large amount of old boat wrecks dotted around, a number exposed at low tide.

The painting is painted in acrylics over a few days, on a board measuring 16” x 20”, during April 2014. 

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Northam boat yards and old boats-acrylic painting

Brown Horse drinking from stream

Brown Horse drinking from stream 

This small, 10” x 12” oil painting features a brown horse drinking some water from a shallow stream in the New Forest, Hampshire on a summers evening. It was painted wet in to wet, in under a day on a red acrylic base, during may 2014.

Brown Horse drinking from stream-oil painting

River Hamble Lagoon Hampshire

River Hamble Lagoon Hampshire

 

This painting shows a lagoon running parallel along the River Hamble (out of scene), in Hampshire, near to the City of Southampton. The river was at low tide so revealing a large expanse of mudflats in the area with lagoons interruption the landscape The artist was struck by the prettiness of the scene with the brown wet mud and foliage contrasting with the bright blue of the sky reflecting in the water.

This painting was created in April 2014 in an afternoon, using oils on a canvas board measuring 10” x 12.

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Lagoon, River Hamble, Hampshire