A grandfather is putting his paintings on show to raise money in memory of his granddaughter who died at the age of five.

Harry Wolstenholme, of Bankfoot, Bradford, is dedicating his exhibition to Leah Kellett, who had Down's Syndrome and died in 2005.

Leah, who also had a heart complaint, had only been a full-time pupil at St John's the Evangelist Catholic Primary School, Wibsey, for six weeks before her death. She had previously been a pupil at Netherlands Special School in Low Moor.

Mr Wolstenholme, 74, said he is still choked by the loss of Leah, but wanted to do something to mark her short life and help the charity which gave his family so much support.

"I want to give something back to the people who helped us and helped Leah," he said.

"We're still involved as a family with the Bradford group of the Down's Association."

His paintings have gone on display at the Old White Beare in Norwood Green, near Wyke, and will be up for sale.

"Art's a bit of a funny business now. Lots of people go for this abstract stuff but I'm hoping my paintings will catch someone's eye and the money will go to a good cause," said Mr Wolstenholme. The retired builder uses water colours for his paintings of buildings and built-up scenes.

"A lot of the places I've been to and others I've just made up in my head. One of them is called chimney sweep's nightmare - it's got a few 20ft chimney stacks in it," he said.

Other paintings include the Arc De Triomphe in spring, a Cotswold village, a Kentish farm and a Cornish boatyard.

"Leah loved life. She liked people, noise and rush. The exhibition is a way of keeping her memory alive," said Mr Wolstenholme.

He is sharing the exhibition space with Hipperholme artist John Allingham.