A MALVERN woman, who has become a respected artist with her work being displayed on the international stage, has launched her latest exhibition at a Worcester art gallery.

Bridget Macdonald, who trained in Fine Art in the mid 1980s, has seen her work exhibited in collections at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, the House of Lords at Milibank, and at other exhibitions in the UK, Italy, France and the USA.

Bridget's work features the elements familiar in Baroque and Romanticist painting, and the idyllic and familiar landscapes of Worcestershire created from observation and memory.

The free exhibition, entitled This Green Earth, runs from February 13 until June 25 at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.

It also features the work of historic painters including Claude Lorrain, Samuel Palmer, and Peter Paul Rubens - rare works on loan to Worcester from the prestigious Ashmolean Museum collection and Manchester Art Gallery.

This Green Earth builds on the Foregate Street-based art gallery and museum's ongoing exploration of landscape after recent exhibitions included Skylight landscape, and Stanhope Forbes England.

Bridget, who lives and works in Great Malvern, said: "It is a wonderful privilege to have this opportunity to exhibit my drawings and paintings in the company of exquisite works by Claude Lorrain and Samuel Palmer - those great masters of the relationship between nature and the ideal."

Emalee Beddoes, curatorial assistant at Worcester City Art Gallery, added: "We hope that everyone, from art historians and artists to people interested in the countryside and natural history, will come along and enjoy this fascinating exhibition."

During the run there will be talks on the exhibition on April 23 - when Bridget will be appearing - May 10 and June 14.

Talks cost £2 and can be booked on the day.

There is no cost to see the exhibition, which is available to view Monday to Saturday, 10.30am until 4.30pm each day.

For more details contact the Art Gallery and Museum on 01905 25371 or visit museumsworcestershire.org.uk.