Calshot Spit lightship; a painting of mine from 2021 which sold at the RSMA exhibition that year.

This ship was stationed at the approaches to Southampton, and is now sitting outside the Solent Sky museum.

#history #ship #sea #sunset #painting #oilpainting #marineart #maritimehistory

My picture of HMS Warrior at sea; this might have been my first attempt at painting backlit sails when I made it in 2021.

Oil on linen canvas, 24 x 18
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#oilpainting #ship #sea #hmswarrior #royalnavy #history #maritimeart #maritimehistory #ocean #sailing

The sequel to my previous post, this painting shows Queen Mary leaving Southampton on the ship's maiden voyage.

This was quite a complicated scene to reconstruct, with only a few grainy shots from the wrong angle to indicate what was going on.

#history #queenmary #ship #liner #cruise #journey #art

Queen Mary's first approach to Southampton, 1936.

This shows the new liner passing Calshot Spit seaplane base, heading into Southampton. This is an older painting of mine, exhibiting with the RSMA in 2020.

#history #queenmary #liner #ocean #ship #southampton #solent #art #marineart #oilpainting

HMS Dreadnought at sea, 1907. Trying to give a sense of presence and mass to the ship that revolutionised warship design for years.

Oil on canvas, 18x24 (available at marineartists gallery)

#painting #battleship #dreadnought #history #royalnavy #ship #sea #waves #ww1 #militaryart #maritimepainting

P&O's Britannia departing Southampton. I made this ahead of my exhibition at the South Coast boat show, and was playing around a bit with colour and plein air influence in studio pictures.

Oil on canvas board, 16 x 12in

#southampton #cruise #cruiseship #p&o #p&obritannia #port #ship #art #travel

Another Ocean Village plein air. This was painted on a fairly overcast day, but I liked the way that the large yacht in the background took over the scene. The foreground boat is a static bed and breakfast.

Oil on canvas board, 10 x 14

#pleinair #painting #oilpainting #southampton #marina #yacht

HMS Vanguard at the 1953 coronation fleet review.
Oil on canvas, 18x24.

Behind Vanguard in the centre of the picture is the carrier HMS Eagle, with HMS Surprise on the far left carrying the queen.

Available through marineartists.co.uk

#history #battleship #royalnavy #solent #art #painting

A plein air painting of Ocean Village in Southampton, made in much brighter weather than we've had here recently...

Oil on panel, 8 x 12"

#pleinair #painting #boat #marina #marineart #oilpainting #southampton #sotonarts #sea

In 2023 I exhibited at the starting village of the Ocean Globe Race. Here are a few of the pictures I've made since that show Maiden, sailed by the first all-female crew to win a round the world race.

More OGR pictures in my gallery: marinepaintings.art/

#ogr #maidenfactor #sea #race #sailing #art

10 years of progress 🗡️

Quite fun to see, I've not actually done a direct comparison like this before. On the left, my first water-mixable oil painting; on the right an oil of Cutty Sark, a picture that won the ArtMarine prize at the RSMA's 'Afloat or Ashore' competition.

Town Quay Marina, Southampton

I painted this on location over a couple of days (plus one day in the middle when it stayed totally overcast and I had to give up)

Oil on canvas board, 20 x 16 inches

#pleinair #painting #southampton #marina #redjet #yacht #boat #sea #sunset

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My painting of Fred Olsen's 'Balmoral' docked here in Southampton, with Mayflower Park visible in the background.

This and other cruise ship paintings in the Southampton section of my website: marinepaintings.art

Oil on canvas board, 12 x 16

#oilpainting #cruise #southampton #sea #ship #painting

HMS Sphinx at sea in the company of dolphins; painted as something of a cheerful antidote to the more sombre battleship pictures. This one is currently available at marineartists.com

Oil on linen canvas, 16 x 20in

#history #marineart #oilpainting #sea #ship #sailing #dolphins

My most recent commissioned painting: the Ro-Ro ship 'Celandine'. The brief was to show the ship passing under the QE2 bridge (the Dartford Crossing) with Purfleet visible through the arches.

More information on commissions here: marinepaintings.art

#oilpainting #marineart #art #ship #sea #thames

Charles Darwin's Beagle arrives at Tahiti, 15th November 1835

I painted this for the 2024 RSMA show and it's currently available through MarineArtists gallery - www.marineartists.co.uk/GREGORY_SMIT...

Oil on linen canvas, 18 x 36