PAINTINGS produced by an art tutor are to take centre stage over the next few weeks.

Denise Heanes, of Hartlepool, works as a part-time art tutor and assistant arts development officer in Middlesbrough, which involves setting up workshops in everything from drumming to dance.

Denise, 49, has also worked as a theatre designer and art teacher at Hartlepool Sixth Form College and Cleveland College of Art.

Now her work is to take centre stage in an exhibition at Seaton Holme, near Easington Village, east Durham.

The exhibition involves work in materials, such as tissue paper, watercolours and oil pastels and is based on a range of subjects, including allotments in Hartlepool.

The exhibition will be open weekdays until December 30.