Lee Campbell

Port of Southampton's Resident Artist

Earlier this month I was employed by ABP (Assoc. British Ports) as the resident artist for Southampton where I have been making a series of oil on paper sketches of the various aspects of this very diverse environment. The town itself has some historic buildings and a city wall which looks out towards all the industrial activity happening around the port. When the large cruise liners dock they tower over the edges of the town dwarfing the daily activity below. There are also yachts, tugs, container ships, car ferries to the Isle of Wight, and next month some sailing ships will be in the port - quite a challenging subject I think. 

I am also delighted to be a gallry artist with Art District in Amsterdam, making large atmospheric oil on canvas paintings exclusively for the gallery. These can be seen on this site and are available from the gallery.