working on closeup 21

working on closeup 21

A small WIP snippet of a winter beach scene done in acrylics... 

WIP Hampshire beach with Mother and child acrylic painting

Working on close-up 11

Working on close-up 11

  A small snippet from a new painting showing a local scene at Hamble marina,Hampshire, in the works....

WIP on Hamble marina acrylic painting

'A Sporting life' open exhibition Southampton

'A Sporting life' open exhibition Southampton 2016

Currently running at Southampton City art gallery is an open exhibition with the theme 'A Sporting Life'. It started on the 25 June and closes on the 10th September. I have two paintings on show, both painted in acrylics on a canvas sized at 20" x 28". Both paintings feature local scenes of the city showing sport themed meetings/ events.

The first photograph shows myself with my first entry painting, titled 'Sunday Morning ABP Marathon. Northam, Southampton. The location is the main road running through Northam, on the east side of the city during the 2016 running marathon, sponsored by Associated British Ports, a major employer in the city. I was always fascinated by the large gasometer which dominates this area, and this event gave me a good excuse to put it down in paint.

The second painting is titled 'Sunday Morning Rowing At Itchen Bridge, Southampton'. It shows a typical Sunday morning at the BTC Rowing club, situated next to the Itchen Bridge, with new members being trained in to knowing how to be safe on the water. It was based on a number of photos I took during the morning for reference.

The two paintings can be seen clearly via these links.

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/sunday-morning-abp-marathon-northam-southampton-martin-davey.html  

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/sunday-morning-rowing-at-itchen-bridge-southampton-martin-davey.html

Cow Line Up In Field - acrylic painting

Cow Line Up In Field - acrylic painting

This painting shows a line up of 4 cows sitting in a field in the countryside. It is based on a photograph which had four cows lined up, but I decided to recompose them by moving them together by a small amount as they were too widely spaced out.The original location was a field I spotted whist on a trip to Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Hampshire. I do not believed it rained any time after!
The painting measures 16” x 12” and is done on paper using acrylic paint during July 2016.

Cow line up in field -12" x 16" painting

Ducks on dockside

Ducks on dockside 

This painting shows a number of Mallard ducks standing on a dockside. The location is Christchurch, a pretty town in Dorset with two rivers flowing through it. Shown is a section of the quay that looks like a heavy industrial area from the small section shown, but is in reality just a small part of the boatyard on the quay, which is very popular with the tourists. The artwork is painted in acrylics on stretched paper sized at 16” x 12”, during July 2016.

Three Mallard ducks on quayside -acrylic painting

Working on close-up 07

 Working on close-up 07

 A small snippet from a new painting of some ducks on a quay side in Dorset, in the works....

Work in progress of acrylic duck painting

Sunday Morning Rowing at Itchen Bridge, Southampton WIP painting

Sunday Morning Rowing at Itchen Bridge, Southampton:

WIP PAINTING

This composite photograph demonstrates work in progress on a recently completed painting showing rowers at a club preparing for a Sunday morning exercise on the River Itchen, Southampton. The picture shows 3 stages. The first panel is a red base colour ground with the drawing painted in brown acrylic paint. The second panel shows most of the basic, base colours applied to suggest tone and colour placement around the whole picture, which helps to give an idea of how the composition is working out and the final panel shows the finished painting. It is done on a 28" x 20" canvas on stretcher bars and painted with acrylics.
The painting was done during May 2016 mainly for entry in to the 'A Sporting Life' open art exhibition held at the Southampton City art gallery during Summer 2016. 
The finished painting can be seen here.
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WIP of acrylic painting

'Sunday Morning Rowing at Itchen Bridge, Southampton'

 

Working on close-up 01

Working on close-up 01

A small snippet of an acrylic marine themed painting currently in progress....

#artist #marine #dingy #sport #acrylicpainting

Old boats moored at St Denys Southampton

Old boats moored at St Denys Southampton 

This painting of old boats moored up at St Denys was painted in April in 2014. They are on the River Itchen which flows through the area from Southampton Water. In the background can be seen the backs of houses on priory Road. The painting is done in Acrylics on a canvas board sized at 10” x 12”.
http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/old-boats-moored-at-st-denys-southampton-martin-davey.html

Old boats moored at St Denys Southampton-acrylic painting