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Plein air painting 148 civic centre Southampton

On a hot afternoon I painted this view of the clock tower, part of the Civic centre, Southampton, which is a grade II listed structure. The tower is 157ft high. The easel is set up in West (Watts) Park with Commercial road running through the scene. To the (off) right is Cumberland place which was closed to traffic, but very noisy anyway due to ongoing roadworks.
Painted in oils on mounting board, sized at 9.5 x 12" on the 18th July, 2024.
Below shows the painting easel set up with a part of the bicycle used to transport the equipment around the city.

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The famous tower clock of the grade II listed Civic Centre building is seen here rising above the trees. The location is Andrews park, in the centre of the city of Southampton. Painted one early Sunday morning with sunshine, in October,2022 on mounting board cut to 12" x 9.5", using oil paint.

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The civic centre in Southampton is featured in this plein air painting, done early one Sunday morning in late August. Shown is the south facing side of this grade II listed building, built between 1929- 39. It was designed by Ernest Berry Webber. The road in front is Civic Center Rd. 
Painted in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5".

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Painted in July 2021 this view shows the Guildhall, a part of Southampton civic centre which acts as a venue for music and other public events. It was build in 1937, along with the police station, library, council offices and art gallery. It is situated in the Cultural Quarter of the City, and occupies one side of the square which was refurbished a few years before this painting.
The plein air painting measures 12" x 9.5" and is done on mounting board in oils. It was done in two stages as work had to be abandoned on the original sitting, so was continued a few days later making sure that the time and weather conditions were the same.