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This scene is painted in oils on a 16"x20" canvas. It is of the old, grade ll listed flour mills at Throop, Bournemouth, Dorset, during early morning. The buildings were owned by a company called 'Parsons & Sons', but I believe they stopped trading in the early 1970s. They are now awaiting conservation/restoration. The milling equipment was powered by the river Stour,and the water weir equipment can be seen in the front of the building.
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This landscape painting illustrates the old mill at Throop, located in
the suburbs of Bournemouth, Dorset. The Parsons and Son flour mill has
been out of use since the 1970s and is located on the River Stour. It
buildings dates from the turn of the 20th century and was water powered.
It is now a Grade II listed building awaiting renovation. The painting
measures 20" x 16" and is painted in oils. It is based on a photograph
taken one cold but sunny morning. In front of the building are some of
the extensive collection of water weirs and walkways, controlling the
water flow in to the mill. The foreground provides a tonally cool
framing device to the morning light hitting the building. I hope to go
back to this subject and produce more artwork based on this location.
This is a picture of the Ransomes Sims and Jefferies General Purpose Engine,built in 1931 in the UK. Its name is the "velfrey queen".
The painting is done in oil and was completed early april 2011, and the canvas it was painted on is 20"x16". I am quite pleased with the result and it looks mechanically correct and solid. There is a technical error, not a painting one, where a certain component has accidentally been left off!
I also like the stark, but colorful background. The brass rims are always fun to paint.
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This is an oil painting of a traction engine at a summer steam fair in
Dorset,UK. The engine is a Ransomes Sims & Jefferies General Purpose
Engine built in 1931 in Britain. It is named 'Velfrey Queen'. The
engine consisted of colourful, shiny deep green paintwork matched with
well polished brass and copper fittings. The flags (UK and Wales) were
in celebration of a recent football match. Care has to be taken when
painting a subject like this. It has to be portrayed correctly with all
the right parts there and in perpective as well. The ellipses are
difficult to do and there are many to draw and paint on a subject like
this. It was fun painting the shiny copper and brass parts and
highlights. The painting is in oils on a 20" x16" canvas.
'Rosemary' narrow gauge locomotive at Exbury Gardens
1 st version
2nd version
This is a new (2001) locomotive, called "Rosemary" which runs on the narrow gauge Exbury gardens steam railway in Hampshire,UK. The first painting was done in autumn 2010 and the second in march 2011. Both are painted in oils on a canvas, size 16" x 20". The figure in the second one was added for extra interest, and was not there at all when the original photo was taken for reference. I got the basic figure off the internet, as a B/W image and then modified it. It does help to give scale within the image. In the first painting the signal helps to give and interesting framing to the composition. On the other hand the pistons cannot be seen in the first on but are visible in the second, and our a part of the character of the locomotive.
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Exbury Gardens Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive 1st versionThis is a painting of a locomotive at Exbury Gardens and steam railway,
Hampshire, in the New Forset, UK. It is named Rosemary and was built in
2001 at Exmoor works. The engine is a narrow gauge one, and works its
way around a small railway in the main gardens, full of tight curves,
around its 1 1/4 mile length. It is seen at the main station, Exbury
Central. It is based on a photograph taken back in 2001, not long after
the railway was opened. The painting was not done until 2010. It is
painted in oils on a 16" x 20" canvas.
In a later post on this blog, a painting is shown of one of the other locomotives at Exbury gardens. It was painted in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the railway.
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This is painted in oils on a canvas that is 20" by 16". The steam ship 'SS Sheildhall' was built during the 1950s by Lobnitz & Co of Renfrew, in the UK. It is now preserved as one of the 'historic ships collection'.
The location is east docks, looking south with the grain silos in the background on the southern tip of the docks.
The combination of the colours of the ship, with the colours of the water made this an attractive view to portray.
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This is an oil painting of a steam ship called 'SS Shieldhall'. It is
painted in oils on a 16" x 20" canvas. She was launched 7th July 1955
and was built by Lobnitz & Co of Renfrew, UK. The ship was withdrawn
from service during 1985 and entered preservation. It is the largest
working steam ship in europe. It is part of the National Historic Fleet
and is based at Southampton docks, where it is moored in this painting.
The view is looking south, toward the Solent. The little dingy was added
to give the ship scale. The grain silos are a land mark at Southampton
docks and can be seen in the background, and are to be seen in some of
my other paintings. The colour and reflections of the water were fun to
paint, although quite difficult. Painted in 2010.
Southampton River Itchen Northam mudflats
This is an oil painting that measures 16" x 20", and was completed march 2011. It is of the river itchen (estury) when the tide has gone out, and reveals a sea of algae and seaweed,as well as the remains of long forgotten boat wrecks. In the background can be seen Bitterne. The old wood was enjoyable to paint!
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This painting is of the River Hamble, near to the Solent and
Southampton, in the UK. It is based on a view photographed during the
spring of 2012, and features a view of the marina, near the town of
warsash, packed full of boats. There are a number of marinas down the
river. The land is very flat and when the tide goes out the mud flats
are revealed, showing a covering of moss and algae, with pockets of
water isolated from the river. The River Hamble contains many old
shipwrecks of archaeological importance. I was drawn to this scene for
my painting by this strong, green landscape, that only appears for part
of the day and the way that puddles of water remain creating their own
small rivers through the landscape.
This painting is created in acrylic on a canvas measuring 20" x 16".
Its that time of year! This was painted in photoshop in early march 2011, to A4 size. I suppose many of the characters here have been seen before (with the same treatment) in my work,like the hippotamus,crocodile and horse. I enjoyed the scale difference between the happy couple.
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Painted in photoshop to A4 size, this is another subject where animals
have replaced humans in a very human activity. In this animal wedding we
see a large, female hippopotamus getting married to a small and perhaps
shifty, crocodile. I liked to show humour within the different scales
of the participants interacting, particularly wearing their wedding
outfits. The guests were fun to do, and helped to create a focal point
in the composition. The church door way is a classic framing device in
wedding photography and helps to frame the happy couple. Digitally
painted in 2011.
