Pembrokeshire artists David Bellamy and Jenny Keal are exhibiting their latest work at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery this month.

The husband and wife team have worked for many years, capturing the beauty of the county and this exhibition, the Spirit of Pembrokeshire, is no exception.

It features 64 works in watercolour and pastel of landscapes, seascapes, castles, rugged cliff faces pounded by crashing waves and cottages standing in wild, windswept corners of the county. Visitors will find many familiar places in the pictures, as well as others which may be less known. David and Jenny are often to be found in places others would show a reluctance to go to. David says that over the years Jenny has “put up with camping in hot deserts, trekked across the Himalayas, roped down into vertiginous black chasms, and embarked on 1,001 other madcap escapades in search of subjects to paint”.

Both artists, however, have a soft spot for Pembrokeshire, a place which David says “even on the dullest day, is pregnant with excitement”. David previously showed his work at the museum in 2006 and said it is a “great joy to return to Tenby”. He has just returned from Greenland, the latest in his many sketching trips to the Arctic over recent years. This one included a particularly exhausting expedition across wild mountains with extremely rugged terrain in appalling weather.

Jenny feels fortunate that Pembrokeshire is David’s home county, emphasising the fact that although they travel the world, it is to Pembrokeshire that she always wishes to return. She said: “Pembrokeshire has always exerted a strong influence on my painting. The spirit of the land and the sense of being on the edge induce strong emotional responses in me.”

The show continues until Sunday, October 10th. The museum is open daily, from 10am to 5pm (last admission 4.30pm).