MARY Martin’s atmospheric paintings continue to capture the beauty of her native Tamar Valley. Working out-of-doors in scintillating light, her vivid paintings are fresh and direct.

She paints the light glistening on the river, shimmering across daffodil fields, through bluebell woods, and in orchards laden with ephemeral blossom. On bright mornings in winter, shadows extend across frosty fields with a sheen of ice and dew; in summer, pollen-laden grasses ripple above the sunlit valley.

The 86 paintings of her new exhibition at West Brendon, St Dominic (signposted from the church and Ashton) also include interiors, still-lifes, gardens and seascapes.

Visitors will be welcomed to view the wide range of Mary’s vibrant and colourful works in her latest collection, on special display in the home of her sister and brother-in-law from Sunday, May 29 to Sunday, June 5.