A clockwise coastline art tour around mainland Britain, one county at a time. After Hampshire, a hop over to the Isle of Wight, and travelling around the island from Ryde to Fishbourne. Next up Dorset. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands.

Artists featured in this Curation: John Everett (1876–1949), Pete Clarke (b.1951), Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984), Peter Wright (b.1932), Richard Burchett (1815–1875), M. D. Holmes, John Henry Boel, Frederick William Hulme (1816–1884), Bridget Macdonald (b.1943), Alfred Vickers (1786–1868), and 14 more See all

25 artworks

Storyline Album Showcase

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Ryde

Yachting at Ryde
John Everett (1876–1949)
Oil on paper
H 35.5 x W 50.7 cm
National Maritime Museum

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St Helens

The Duver, Isle of Wight 2004
Pete Clarke (b.1951)
Oil & acrylic on canvas
H 90 x W 104 cm
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Bembridge

Bembridge Harbour 1955
Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 60.7 cm
Royal Academy of Arts

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Whitecliff Bay

Whitecliff Bay 1980/1982
Peter Wright (b.1932)
Acrylic on canvas
H 152 x W 152 cm
Healing Arts, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

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Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Sandown

View across Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight 1850s
Richard Burchett (1815–1875)
Oil on canvas
H 34.3 x W 57.1 cm
Paintings Collection

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Shanklin

Shanklin, Isle of Wight 1906
M. D. Holmes
Oil on panel
H 25 x W 33 cm
Beverley Art Gallery

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Image credit: Milntown Trust

Bonchurch

Bonchurch, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight 1895
John Henry Boel (active 1875–1922)
Oil on canvas
H 29 x W 39 cm
Milntown Trust

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Ventnor

Ventnor from St Lawrence, Isle of Wight 1858
Frederick William Hulme (1816–1884)
Oil on canvas
H 54.4 x W 72.5 cm
Sheffield Museums

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St Catherine's Lighthouse

Lighthouse and Tree 2010
Bridget Macdonald (b.1943)
Oil on linen
H 76.1 x W 101.5 cm
Parliamentary Art Collection

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Image credit: Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

South Coast

South Coast, Isle of Wight 1858
Alfred Vickers (1786–1868)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 61 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

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Image credit: Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

Off the Isle of Wight

A Breezy Day off the Isle of Wight 1890
Henry Moore (1831–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 88.9 x W 156 cm
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

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Niton

Orchard near Niton
Ria Burgess
Oil on canvas
H 50 x W 75 cm
Healing Arts, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Blackgang

Fisherman's Children near Blackgang, Isle of Wight
William Shayer (1787–1879)
Oil on canvas
H 50.5 x W 60.8 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Image credit: Blackgang Sawmill and St Catherine's Quay

Atherfield

The Rescue of the German Steamer 'Eider' off Atherfield Ledge 1892
Edmunds
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 57 cm
Blackgang Sawmill and St Catherine's Quay

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Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries

Brook

Cottages, Brook Green, Isle of Wight 1929
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 53 x W 71 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries

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Freshwater

View of the Isle of Wight from Freshwater Bay, Looking South East 1990
Frederick Cuming (1930–2022)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 87.5 cm
National Trust, Mottistone Manor

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Farringford

Spring, Farringford, Isle of Wight 1948
Henry Clarence Whaite (1895–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Pallant House Gallery

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Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts

The Needles

Light Airs off the Needles c.1938
Albert Julius Olsson (1864–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 76 cm
Royal Academy of Arts

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Alum Bay

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight 1989
Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher (1923–2004)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 71 cm
City of London Corporation

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Totland

Beach Scene, Totland Bay
Adrian Maurice Daintrey (1902–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 84 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Yarmouth

Harbour, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight c.1963
Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 57.2 x W 75.6 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection

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Newtown

Oyster Beds, Newtown, Isle of Wight
Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 62 x W 75 cm
RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

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Image credit: Tate

Cowes

Sketch for 'East Cowes Castle, the Regatta Starting for Their Moorings' No. 2 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
Oil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 73.7 cm
Tate

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Image credit: National Trust for Scotland, Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park

Osborne

The Queen's Barge off Osborne 1845
Nicholas Matthew Condy (1816–1851)
Oil on panel
H 35 x W 45 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park

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