THE Fenland Visual Arts Collective Summer Open Studios event begins this coming weekend.

Nine artists are participating at four different venues across Fenland.

Three of the venues are in Chatteris, at Savage Studios, artist and owner Richard Savage along with botanical artist Heather Kinnear and figurative artist Neil Blue will be exhibiting along with some members of the Savage Studios art groups.

At Chatteris Museum, textile artist Jenny Furlong, abstract acrylic artist Carol McEwan and watercolour artist Bill Cooke will be exhibiting and at Photography by Rob Morris, photographer and visual artist Rob Morris and mixed media artist Marian Savill will be showing their work.

Further afield but well worth a visit, watercolour artist Peter Basham will be opening his studio, The Phoenix, at Tilney St Lawrence.

All the venues will be open for two weekends, August 7 and 8, and August 14 and 15 with some studios opening additionally on weekdays.

Artists will be demonstrating at the venues and there’s a wide variety of work for sale with prices to suit all pockets. For more information visit the Fenland Visual Arts Collective website www.fenvisualarts.org.uk