BASINGSTOKE Canal Society is auctioning original paintings of an artist who toured the country in her boats to raise funds to replace a trip boat.

The paintings are by Nancy Larcombe, an artist and author who travelled around the country in her boats, painting, and writing for various magazines.

She was a member of the Guild of Waterway Artists and lived in a 40ft narrow boat that she named Nancy Bell moored near the Basingstoke Canal Centre.

She began to paint at an early age before spending a year of more formal training at Manchester Art School.

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Nancy died in the autumn of 2010 and donated all of her unsold artwork to the Basingstoke Canal Authority.

She also had a butty (an unpowered freight barge) called Towed Haul which looked like a mock-Tudor cottage and was used as her studio.

Towed Haul was open to the public every Sunday.

The Basingstoke Canal Society said it will be once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to buy something totally unique and help raise funds to replace Kitty, a trip boat based in Woking.

The auction is open now and closes on Friday, December 16 at 9pm.

You can see the paintings and bid for them at app.galabid.com/larcombe/items.