The Rotary Club of Ashburton and Buckfastleigh’s annual charity art exhibition at Buckfast Abbey, Artex, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Artex 2018 is an exhibition of more than 300 paintings by nearly 100 Devon artists. It runs from August 2 to Thursday August 16, everyday except August 4.

This year the charities to benefit from sales of the paintings and the raffle will be Devon Air Ambulance, ShelterBox and Rotary End Polio Now.

Rotarian Ken Green said: ‘This year’s standard is extremely high and I know everyone who visits Artex 2018 will be delighted with the quality of the paintings.

‘We are very grateful to local artist Patricia Tout who has again donated a beautiful painting, this year of the River Dart, as a raffle prize.’

Entrance to Artex 2018 is free. It’s open daily in the Guest Hall at Buckfast Abbey from 10am to 4.30 pm, and from noon to 4.30 pm on Sundays.

Last year Artex made more than £5,000 for the Rotary club’s chosen charities.