Plein air painting 57 Northam Gas Holder 1
by Martin Davey
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12.000 x 9.500 inches
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Title
Plein air painting 57 Northam Gas Holder 1
Artist
Martin Davey
Medium
Painting - Oil On Cardboard
Description
Within the area of Northam, a suburb of Southampton UK are two old gas holders. One was built in 1935 and the other, shown here in this painting, was built in 1909. It has a pretty decorative lattice structure and holds the actual collapsible tank, build in three sections which varies in size depending on how much gas is stored in it. A full tank would mean the top of the tank would fill the volume of the structure. The gas holders are seen in many old photographs of the area mainly as they were amongst the largest buildings in the area.
They have not been in used for ten years and were listed as an important part of the area's industrial heritage. However, at the time this painting was done, demolition had begun so it seems that the gas holders had been removed from the registry and will be replaced by flats.
The main road running left to right is Northam road. Britannia road starts at the traffic light junction and runs in to the distance where the Itchen bridge can be seen right in the distance.
Painted in oils on mounting board, sized at 12" x 9.5" during one early Sunday morning during August 2022.
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March 16th, 2023
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