TRAVELLING artist John Harris has returned to his Inkberrow home to make final preparations for his 18th annual exhibition there.

The year he has painted in Kenya and gathered lots of information for his detailed wildlife paintings which show the animals and birds in their true habitat.

Following this he toured Oman sketching and photographing and now has plenty of material to mix with his paintings of the English countryside.

His exhibition of watercolours opens on Saturday at the New Gallery on Inkberrow Village Green and runs until December 1.

It is open from 10am until 6pm every day and until 9pm next Tuesday and Thursday.