AN AMATEUR artist who has painted several stunning murals across West Oxfordshire is preparing to mark the centenary of Armistice Day with another creation.

Milly Redman, 23, will mark November's 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War by painting silhouettes of soldiers inside The White Hart pub in Minster Lovell, near Witney.

It will be Ms Redman's second mural on The White Hart's walls, with another moving Remembrance Day tribute fittingly facing the village war memorial.

The talented artist has also painted murals of Winston Churchill and American singer-songwriter Jim Morrison inside Woodstock Barber Shop.

Ms Redman, from Carterton, is training as an accountant and has recently struggled to find the time to paint, but is planning to produce something special in time for November 11.

She said: "As much as I love the one on the pub, it is a bit sad.

"I'm hoping to do something more powerful."

Ms Redman began painting for fun while studying A-Level art, but despite achieving an A* she turned down a place at art college in favour of accountancy.

She continued to pursue art as a hobby and the idea of a military-themed mural came from a chat between her father Gareth and The White Hart's landlord Brian Barker.

Ms Redman said: "My teachers had said I should do something bigger than A4 and, like all good ideas, it started when my dad spoke to Gareth over a drink."

Both men had served in the Royal Engineers, with Gareth posted all over Europe while Ms Redman and her two sisters were growing up.

In October 2015, Mr Barker commissioned the young artist to make the bollards in the pub car park look like soldiers from the Zulu Wars.

The pub wall mural was her most ambitious challenge yet, with the design taking 30 hours using a single torch.

The image certainly catches customers eyes, but Ms Redman admits it is not her personal favourite.

She said: "I had to go back and forth so I did three-hour shifts in the cold and dark after work.

"I didn't feel there was much artistic skill involved, it was just block colours."

The Carterton resident thinks her Churchill creation is her best work, with the mural of the former Prime Minister taking a comparatively paltry seven hours to complete.

But with the end of her accountancy exams in sight, Ms Redman is looking forward to taking the time to produce more wonderful paintings.

She said: "Due to having exams, I've had to put art to one side and said no to a couple of requests.

"But now I can make more time and I'm now doing all sorts of commissions."