Evening At Southampton Common Lake - acrylic painting

Evening At Southampton Common Lake - oil painting

Evening At Southampton Common Lake - oil painting

Painted during April 2018, this artwork features a scene of peace and tranquillity at an ornamental lake, situated within Southampton common, Hampshire. The common is 365 acres in size and is within the city of Southampton, though its size means that it is difficult to see the bustling city from the inside. The area is made up of woodland, wetlands and grassland and is thought to have first become a common around 500AD.

The painting is done oils oils on a canvas, sized at 16” x 20”. A light brown acrylic base or ground was applied first, followed by a wash/ under-painting done in oils. After a week this was dry enough to paint the final application of oils in the desired colours and detail.

The painting can be seen at a larger scale on this link.

Horses and Heather in the New Forest

Horses and Heather in the New Forest

This painting is done in oils on a 20” x 16” canvas board during early September 2014. Pictured are some horses standing amongst a clearing with few trees, and lots of purple heather on the ground, during late summer. The location is about a mile away from Lyndhurst, a small town considered the gateway to the New Forest in Hampshire, UK. The forest sees many horses wandering around it but in this case the horses were added to the scene. They were seen on the same day but in a different location not too far away.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/horses-and-heather-in-the-new-forest-martin-davey.html

Horses and Heather in the New Forest – oil painting

Sheds on allotments at Southampton

Sheds on allotments at Southampton

In the Bitterne area of Southampton is an allotment well hidden, situated near to the River Itchen, and has a railway line at the foot of it. I have produced one painting of the location to date and this is the second, showing various plots populated with a shed and bins and other paraphernalia associated with growing vegetables, during spring.

The painting is done in oils on a 20” x 16” canvas board, during July 2014.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/sheds-on-allotments-at-southampton-martin-davey.html

Sheds on allotments at Southampton – acrylic painting

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”.
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Old boats moored at St Denys Southampton-acrylic painting

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

This oil painting shows a collection of yachts at Christchurch, on the River Stour. It is one of two Rivers that flow through the town, situated in Dorset, UK. It is the morning during an early summers day with few people at this time.

The painting is on a canvas sized at 16” x 20”, and painted 'wet into wet'.

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

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http://www.redbubble.com/people/martyee/works/11899666-sailing-boats-and-yachts-on-the-river-stour-christchurch

Feeding the Ducks at Southampton Common

Feeding the Ducks at Southampton Common

This painting show the duck pond, known as Cemetery Lake, at Southampton Common, near to the Cemetery. The time of the year is late autumn and a young family can be seen feeding the ducks at the pond during a late afternoon. Seagulls and other birds are are also spotted here.

The painting was created in oils using a 'wet into wet' technique, and is sized at 16”x 20”. It was painted during late 2013.

Feeding the Ducks at Southampton Common

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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

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