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Watercolourist and potter Andrew Walker is also a professional framer and has mounted and framed all the pictures he has in this exhibition (until May 26). The 15 paintings on show have a strong Oxford and Oxfordshire bias, as Andrew is Oxford-based, a great walker and paints what he sees around him. He is drawn to views and buildings with, for example, scaffolding or cleaners working on them, as this provides a specific perspective and marks a particular point in time.

He uses watercolour both to build up intensity of colour and to create light and delicacy: as in the complex mix of planting and colours in The Herbaceous Border Oxford Botanic Garden. In his portrayal of The Old Power Station, Osney, he captures the rugged facade of the imposing building and contrasts it with its pale reflection in the adjacent Thames through which row an almost invisible and transient eight.

By contrast, also on show, are 20 small bowls and friends'. They both look and feel tactile and comfortable and are designed to be both domestic and useable. Glazed in earthy colours - browns and blues in the main - they have a clear Japanese feel to them which stems from Andrew's interest in Japanese culture and the time he spent there.

2:44pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

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