A life in art is how local artist William Simm sums up his private viewing at the Rainford Gallery in St. Helens.

Says William, whose exhibition is on show until December 16 at the gallery in the Gamble Building, Victoria Square: "The paintings and drawings are working spanning my life from leaving art college to the present day. they represent my interests in narrative paining, an excursion into portrait commissions, observational drawings and paintings, mainly landscapes."

The larger oil works are narrative pieces trying to attempt to recount events, experiences, thoughts and feelings.

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