Spring may be all over – first great cold, then great heat, followed by rain – but Bingley artist Jane Fielder’s new exhibition, Flowers to Make You Happy, looks on the bright side.

Jane said: “They have been a great joy to paint. I have always been passionately interested in flowers. My childhood was spent observing the wild flowers of the Cotswolds.

“I roamed among boggy meadows of ragged robin, yellow flag, corncockles and cowslips, found early spring and spotted orchids on the hills, and once to my great delight found a bee orchid.

I collect the flowers fresh from the garden, or buy a bunch, and with a mixture of close observation and simplification, I like to weave and shape them into aesthetically pleasing compositions.

“They are as much about life, love, colour, pattern, shape and paint itself as they are about the actual flowers."

The exhibition at 29 Park Road, Bingley, runs until June 9. Opening times are Thursday and Fridays Noon to 6pm, Saturday and Sundays 10am to 5pm.