AN EXHIBITION featuring vivid scenes from the summer season opens at Quarr Abbey today (Thursday).

A display of new paintings and limited edition prints by Isle of Wight artist, Charlotte Hodge Thomas, will be on show in the abbey's art gallery.

Charlotte creates much of her work from her home studio in Walls Road in Bembridge, deriving inspiration from scenes of nature across the Isle of Wight.

The Summer Sun exhibition runs until Tuesday August 18, with free entry.

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