CURRENTLY on show at the Royal Cornwall Museum, in Truro, is the work of Cornish artist Amanda Richardson.

A sense of place is strong in the artist's work; Amanda was born in Cornwall and has lived here for much of her life. Educated at Goldsmith College, London University she has been drawn to the wild places of which her work is based.

Having lived in the Pacific North West of America for ten years, many of her works have been commissioned for major buildings in America. Clients have included Boeing, BASF and Hilton Hotels. She has exhibited widely both in Europe and America. Despite the success that she found whilst living abroad, Cornwall has remained the artist's emotional home and she returned in 1996 to live in the far wet of the county.

In this exhibition both the domestic and wild gardens of Cornwall are explored through mixed media paintings and textile art. Especially designed for the gallery are two installations each made up of 16 individual foot square paintings that are linked by colour and tone. Amanda has evolved her own technique in which fabrics are hand dyed, cut into intricate forms, and bonded together layer by layer, to build up a rich and complex final image. As the picture on the left shows, her work captures the stunning colours and reflective quality that can be observed in the plants and flowers found in the county.

The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm (last admission 4.30pm).