Visual Arts

James Merriott is a prolific painter of fine watercolours and whose scenes of rural life will be familiar to readers of Essex Life and Countryside magazines, who feature his work.

In this exhibition at the Lindsell Art Gallery near Dunmow, he'll be displaying paintings depicting familiar local scenes from around Essex and its surrounding counties.

But his work isn't confined to this county. The exhibition also includes a number of his paintings of the majestic French countryside.

You can see Merriott's work at the Lindsell Art Gallery until Thursday, 13, March, between 9.30 and 5.30pm. For more information, call 01371 870777.