A NUMBER of artists from Leeds will be displaying their work, reflecting their interpretation to Yorkshire landscapes, in the Inspired by… gallery, at The Moors National Park Centre, Danby.

The Northern Connection exhibition, by selected members of Leeds Fine Artists, shows a direct personal response to Yorkshire landscapes – whether abstract, figurative or sensory.

Leeds Fine Artists is a collective of 50 artists working in a variety of media – painting, printmaking, sculpture, fine art, textiles, photography and ceramics.

As the leading art organisation in the north of England, founded in 1874 as Leeds Fine Art Club, Leeds Fine Artists continues to foster the study and practice of the visual arts, holding an annual exhibition in Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax, as well as smaller group exhibitions elsewhere.

Each artist works in an individual way, responding to local landscapes and characters in both figurative and abstract forms. Three publications Inspirations, Expressions and Insight - showcase the artists, and their sources of inspiration and working methods.

Alongside this exhibition, Joy Lomas will also be displaying her works on Abbeys and Landscapes, which have been inspired by her love of the Yorkshire landscape and the majestic beauty and spellbinding history of the abbeys of the North York Moors.

Joy is a Scarborough-based painter who works to a carefully chosen concept or theme.

For each painting, she begins with site visits to take photographs and to sketch. These preliminary studies form the basic composition, but Joy then searches for more than the naked eye can see – an elusive, unexplained aspect which sometimes, somehow, touches us all.

The exhibition will be held from Friday, October 21, to Tuesday, November 15. The inspired by… gallery is open daily from 10am to 5pm April and 10.30am to 4pm during November and December.

Visit www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/inspiredby to view other exhibitions and for more information on Leeds Fine Artists go to www.leedsfineartists.co.uk