Plein air painting 55 

Painted one Sunday afternoon in August 2022 this old, long dead fallen tree was seen in the 'old' cemetery at Southampton. Covered in ivy and surrounded by tall undergrowth it made a great subject for the size of a piece of board that was in my 'pochade box', different to the usual size I work at.
Painted in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 7.5".

New Forest hill with cows and horses

New Forest hill with cows and horses

This painting shows a summer scene in the New Forest, Hampshire, with a hill dominating the composition. At the base of the hill can be seen a pair of cows sitting and relaxing in the sun. Up the hill on a path that winds up to the top stand a small group of horses. Unfortunately the name of the hill is unknown.

The painting is done in acrylics on a stretched canvas measuring 16” x 20”, during June 2016.

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acrylic painting - Cows and horses on New Forest hill

 

 

Pink Ferry On The River Hamble

Pink Ferry On The River Hamble

This painting features a scene on the River Hamble, in Hampshire on the south coast of the UK. A pink ferry (one of two) is collecting passengers from the Warsash side of the river and will go across and transport them to Hamble-Le-Rice, on the opposite side. The ferry runs almost every day and has been in operation since 1493. The painting show a number of passengers, some with bicycles getting ready to board on this sunny spring Sunday morning, the bright pink colour of the boat contrasting well with the blues and browns of the scene. Around the area can be seen numerous yachts and boats filling the marinas dotted around and serving as the background of this painting. 
The painting is done in acrylics on a canvas board measuring 20" x 16", and was completed in September 2014.
The finished painting can be seen here.

Pink Ferry On The River Hamble - acrylic painting

Colourful fields on a farm in Devon, UK

Colourful fields on a farm in Devon, UK 

This oil painting is painted in the 'wet into wet' technique and measures 10” x 12”. It shows the countryside at Wembury, Devon, near to the coast, made up of brightly coloured fields contrasting well against the blue sky during a summers day. In the foreground is a pretty stone wall with gate, separating a local farm from a field.

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Colourful fields on a farm in Devon, UK

Still life wheelbarrow with collection of pots by stone wall

Still life wheelbarrow with collection of pots by stone wall

This small oil painting features a collection of garden tools against a wall, the largest of which is a wheelbarrow, on which the paint has partly peeled off revealing an earlier colour. Around it is a collection mainly of ceramic pot and plastic pots for plants. The stone wall behind makes an interesting backdrop. The painting is painted in the 'wet into wet' technique and measures 10” x 12”.

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Still life wheelbarrow with collection of pots by stone wall

 

 

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park

This oil painting was created in the spring of 2013. It depicts a girl sitting on a bench in Watts Park, Southampton, waiting for an event unknown to the artist, with only a statue and lamppost for company. The statue featured is one of Sir Issac Watts, an English hymn writer, a resident of the town and born there in 1674. The park is also named after him.

The painting is based on a photograph taken during an autumn day a few years previously. The oil painting is on canvas board measuring 16” x20”, initially painted with a red acrylic base.

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park