Professional marine artist Colin has been painting around Portsmouth harbour for over 35 years and has held many museum and gallery exhibitions locally. His summer exhibition is now on at Driftwood Studio Gallery in North Meadow, Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport, with watercolours, acrylics and driftwood creations featuring until mid September. His website is www.colinmbaxter.co.uk.
9. The sailing barge KITTY departing Portsmouth past Round Tower and Tower House .
The sailing barge Kitty departing Portsmouth past Round Tower and Tower House . Photo: -
10. Portsmouth harbour c1880 , a detail of a watercolour , with a schooner discharging cargo near the Gosport ferry hard , early steam ferries , HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON and HMS VICTORY up harbour . Full of the history I like to paint .
Portsmouth harbour c1880, a detail of a watercolour, with a schooner discharging cargo near the Gosport ferry hard, early steam ferries, HMS Duke of Wellington and HMS Victory up harbour. Full of the history Colin likes to paint. Photo: -
11. The sail training schooners Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller at Gunwharf when it was still HMS VERNON . This large watercolour is now in the Portsmouth City Museum and Art Gallery collection
The sail training schooners Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller at Gunwharf when it was still HMS Vernon. This large watercolour is now in the Portsmouth City Museum and Art Gallery collection. Photo: -
12. HMS WARRIOR 1860, an acrylic of the museum ship with a gaff cutter sailing down harbour.
HMS Warrior 1860, an acrylic of the museum ship with a gaff cutter sailing down harbour. Photo: -