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!

Southampton River Itchen Northam mudflats

Southampton River Itchen Northam mudflats

This is an oil painting that measures 16" x 20", and was completed march 2011. It is of the river itchen (estury) when the tide has gone out, and reveals a sea of algae and seaweed,as well as the remains of long forgotten boat wrecks. In the background can be seen Bitterne.  The old wood was enjoyable to paint!

from the website...
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".

Southampton River Itchen Northam winter afternoon

Southampton River Itchen Northam winter afternoon.

This was based on a photograph I took on a late afternoon in December. It is of the river Itchen at Northam,Southampton. It was a very calm day and the water was almost like a mirror.
It was painted during February in oils on canvas and is 20"x16".

from the website...
This oil painting depicts the area of Northam, Southampton. It is the river Itchen, facing in the direction of Southampton. On the sky line can be seen cranes and in the centre can be seen the tower block that is featured in other paintings of the area. On the left is the Northam Bridge, one of the first pre-strested concrete bridges, built in the 1950s. The view is from the local boardwalk. The image is based on a photograph, and was a very cold and sunny day, quite late, during the winter months. The water was particularly still, like a mirror. The crane has since been removed. The area is quite popular with photographers and although not a pretty location is still visually interesting. Many boat wrecks are in the area, and a painting of one is here.