A Falmouth-based artist is due to host her first exhibition which will showcase her incredible felt-based artwork.

Anne Williams will be hosting the exhibition in the Atrium at Heartlands, Pool, from February 9 until April 4.

The exhibition will feature many pieces of work by Anne, who creates incredible scenes from nature using only felt.

Drawing inspiration from time spent in Cornwall, Yorkshire and Kenya, Anne's work is as eclectic as it is vibrant, and visitors of the show will be amazed by the scenes depicted in felt.

Originally from Kenya, Anne uses merino wool which has been dyed into vibrant colours to create her artwork.

Her inspiration comes from farm animals including cattle, sheep, chicken and donkeys, and other wildlife she has spotted on walks in the UK, Africa and Europe.

Anne said: "My felt artworks were initially inspired from a visit to one of my favourite counties, Yorkshire.

"Dan, my husband, and I were on holiday in Sedbergh and we visited a gallery in Hardraw, near Hawes, where we both fell in love with Andrea Hunter's felt artwork.

"Creating felt pictures as well as clothing and 3D felt flowers and leaves from Merino wool, quickly became an idea that really appealed to me.

"I have always enjoyed different forms of art and have created clothes, dyed fabric, batik pictures, lead pictures and paintings in the past.

"Full time work did not allow sufficient time to fully develop my creative hobbies but as soon as we both decided to change direction and move away from our paid jobs, creating felt art work was on the top of my list to try.

"I was inspired by using merino wool, which is the perfect medium for felt art. I first experimented creating a few pictures of my own before attended a day’s course in Hardraw with Andrea.

"When I was 16 I returned to my place of birth Kenya, to work on a 25,000-acre farm in Ngobit near the Aberdare’s.

"I was to be the first student on this farm, which was first taken over by British settlers in 1919. Land that had not had, 'a hoof of livestock, an acre of tilled land or a single building on it’ before.

"When I arrived, it was a very successful enterprise, selling milk, meat, mohair and Merino wool.

"I had the most amazing experience for six months, milking by hand wherever the cows were grazing, being chased by rhino and buffalo when driving around, shearing the merino sheep and angora goats. I had the job of sorting the fleeces and grading them.

"Forty years on and I am back using merino wool which has been dyed into the most wonderful colours to create my artwork.

"My inspiration comes from farm animals which I love, cattle, sheep, chickens, donkeys; wildlife that I see on our many walks in the UK, Africa and Europe; life experiences such as Cornish Pilot Gig rowing and landscapes, light and plants that I see around me.

"I always take photos to record our travels and these images and memories are the inspiration for my work. I would love to create felt pictures in the open air, but to my annoyance the wool blows away."