Harbour House in Kingsbridge is the venue for an exhibition of paintings by local artist Arthur Glendinning.

In a body of work entitled From a Distance up Close, Arthur explores his observations of and relationships with the landscapes of India and, a little closer to home, south Devon.

The exhibition runs from August 5-10, and the artist will explain more about his travels and his paintings in a gallery talk at 12 noon on Thursday 7 August. Everybody is welcome to this informal event, and admission is free.

Arthur offers a collection of landscape paintings celebrating the beauty and playfulness of the world around us.

Each painting, be it a local coastal scene or an Indian landscape, is inspired by a sense of pure awareness, and represents a journey.

Like a traveller, Arthur hopes to share his experience of joy and wonder, and his sense of becoming at one with the landscape.

The patterns of light and shade, texture, the movement of water, and the human form passing through the landscape offer an endless source of fascination, and remain a constant theme.

Arthur explains: "Painting, for me, is an extension of my practice as a Buddhist meditator. This practice leads to a quiet mind, and in that stillness seeing and hearing become attenuated. Looking with a quiet mind, one sees deeply in an unhurried and timeless space.

"On my travels and treks in nature I find myself absorbed by vistas of aching beauty, and the grain of sand that contains the world."

Arthur makes use of sketchbook and camera to help preserve his initial moments of insight, and returns to the studio to develop his work in watercolour, gouache, pencil or acrylc paints, and the skills of his work as an illustrator.

Away from the constraints of illustration and design, he can enjoy the freedom to expand his work onto canvases of up to 5', and allow the process of painting itself to become absorbing and meditative.

From a Distance up Close opens at Harbour House on Tuesday 5 August. Opening times are 10am - 5pm daily, until the close of the show on Sunday 10 August.