THE West Country’s 21 Group of Artists is staging a major exhibition this Spring at the Limekiln Gallery in Calstock.

The group, which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary, was founded with experimentation in painting as the cornerstone of its ethos.

21 Group, named because its founders wanted to keep numbers to a ‘manageable level’, maintains the principle of exhibiting new work where ’aesthetic quality must come before commercial considerations’.

The Limekiln Gallery has long-held connections with individual members of the group.

The exhibition features contemporary paintings and printmaking complemented by sculpture, glass and ceramics.

The exhibition is on until June 17. Limekiln Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm.