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Southampton 'old' cemetery contains a number of buildings, all grade II built around the same time. This one, known as the Non-Conformist Chapel, though used as storage space, was painted on a Saturday morning in February 2023. I joined a group known as the 'Urban Sketchers' for this paint out, so I had plenty of company on that occasion.
The painting measures 12" x 9.5" and done in oils on cardboard.

 

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Painted during threatening weather, one summer morning in August 2022. The view is of a part of Southampton 'old' cemetery, with one of the main tarmac paths running across the scene. It did start to rain when this was painted, so the painting was abandoned until a few days later when again the weather did threaten to rain but never did. The rain left small white specks which can still be seen in some areas.

Painted on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5".

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Painted one early morning in August 2022 is this view within the large 'old' cemetery to be found in central Southampton, Hampshire. Quite a few dog walkers walked past me on a nearby, busy path, but this dirt path shown that led off the main one, saw no use.
Oil on mounting board 12" x 9.5".

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Painted in October 2020 this oil painted sketch shows an unused gate (locked) to Southampton city 'old' cemetery. The cemetery is next door to Southampton common, which is where is view is taken, and originally this entrance would have been one of a number of gateways into the complex. The artwork is created in oils on primed mounting board sized at 12" x 10".

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old cemetery Southampton on a sunny sunday sketch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This painting shows a view of the 'old cemetery' in Southampton, Hampshire. The cemetery is a victorian one, now mostly overgrown which gives it an extra quality with foliage twisting over the tumbled headstones. It was painted on Sunday morning, 13th September on a board measuring 12" x 9".

 

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Southampton old cemetery headstone pair

12" x 9" oil sketch of a pair of headstones with path, done on a Sunday afternoon in August. The cemetery itself is a large Victorian one, now largely unused and mostly overgrown.

 

 

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Working on closeup 71

 A small snippet of a local graveyard themed painting...

Southampton Old Cemetery In Autumn - oil painting

Southampton Old Cemetery In Autumn - oil painting

Oil painting of  'Southampton Old Cemetery In Autumn'

Gradually nature is reclaiming this old cemetery in Southampton, Hampshire. It is known as the 'Old' cemetery and was first opened in the 1840's. It has a size of 27 acres and features 100's of headstones from the Victorian and early part of the 20^th century, including a number connected to victims of the titanic disaster.

The painting was done in oils during November 2018, and is painted on mounting board, and features the location during a sunny, autumn day. It can be viewed in greater detail here.