Plein air painting 117 

One of the last landscape paintings done during 2023 was this one set in the New Forest, Hampshire. The low moorland is known as Pig Bush. It was a dark, gloomy day with rain threatened. However no pigs were seen. The landscape is mainly populated with heather.

The artwork is done on cardboard sized at 12" x 9.5" with oils, the date being 12th Oct.

 Plein air painting 94a

This view shows the outer part of Totton, Hampshire. The city of Southampton would be off to the right. The river is the Test looking upstream, with the viewer positioned at  Goatee Beach, part of the small village of Eling on the banks of the river. The weather was very variable at the time with some small rain showers, as seen by the threatening clouds.
The landscape painting is done in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5" during 13th April 2023.