Seven Oxfordshire artists skilled in sculpture, painting, printmaking stained glass and pottery are now displaying their work at the West Ox Arts Gallery, in Bampton Town Hall. They have called their exhibition, which continues until February 28, A Separate Reality.

Jo Kimpton’s superb oil paintings catch the eye as you enter this top-floor room. Some are so bright and atmospheric you could assume that works by Turner have been slipped in. Her oil rubbing Expanding into the Light, with its translucent swirls of colour is particularly Turneresque, so is Awake for Morning, inspired by The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In complete contrast sculptor Juliet Dyer has excelled herself with The Sleeping Cat. Juliet’s cats are always very life-like, but this clay model gives us the very essence of a cat who, having settled in a favourite spot, is purring with the sleepy contentment only a cat can express.

Frans Wesselman is showing etchings and stained glass, many telling a story inspired by folk tales. The stained glass piece Lady with Unicorn is exceptionally good and the linocut Woman with Pelican will probably make you laugh as it depicts a woman sharing a bath with a pelican which looks as if it would like to join her in the water. The etching entitled Sandwiches is fun too. The woman is making the sandwich and preparing to cut it in half and the man, with his arms upon her shoulders, looks down at the food. They are both smiling.

Jennifer Bartlett’s collagraph prints and collages have been inspired by local landscapes, but there are several pictures arising from her recurring interest in rocks and stones. The bold colourful picture in mixed media Ring of Brogar 1 (above) captures this interest exceptionally well.

There is enough going on in this exhibition to make a trip to Bampton well worth while.