Members of The Wapping Group have been painting en plein air in London and along the banks of the Thames since 1946. During the summer once a week, come rain or shine, the group meets and paints at an agreed venue. From Windsor to Faversham, from riverbank to city street each subject is seen and recorded through the member’s eyes. Each year they exhibit the year’s delights and sights of riverbank, estuary and city.

This year the unique exhibition of over a hundred works ranging from the expressive plein air sketch to the more considered studio pieces takes place in the Threadneedle Space at Mall Galleries in London from February 29 to March 5. Admission is free. All works will be for sale.

This will be the group's 70th show. They were formed in 1946 by a group of keen plein air painters to record the sights of the busy Port of London and the surrounding city. Each year the exhibition brings together the varied sights of today’s city along with some memories of the old. Although united in subject matter, each of the 27 exhibiting members brings their own unique vision to bear, giving a very broad and varied view of our changing city.

The Wapping Group of Artists are also at Minster Gallery, Winchester Saturday, 24 October to Monday, 16 November, 2016.

Below is Evening Light at Henley, oil, (20 x 30ins.) by Steven Alexander.