ONE of the most outstanding animal artists working in the UK today, Seren Bell, is holding her first solo show at The Fosse Gallery, The Manor House, The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, from June 8 to 28.

Her original crayon, pen and ink drawings of native breeds of farm animals are much in demand. The majority of the subject matters in the exhibition is sheep for which she is best known, but it will also include magnificent cattle, flashy cockerels, geese and well-mannered hounds.

Two of her works can be found in the private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales.

Although Seren has an enduring love of the animal world, she is passionate about sheep and her subject matter returns to sheep again and again.

Seren is equally attracted to the British white bull with its moiled marking and the glossy black tips on the hooves and horns of the Chartley White Park cattle both lend themselves to her technique.

The strutting cockerels like matinée idols and similarly the intelligent faces of a hound are all beautifully honed and recorded.

Capturing the Art of Native Breeds by Seren Bell, exhibition opening hours, Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 5pm.