COAST of Many Colours is the title of an exhibition of 27 new works by Mark Sofilas which opens at Staithes Gallery next Friday, May 1.

The artist is from Australia and has given an exotic flavour of the southern hemisphere to brilliant land and seascapes of his adopted Yorkshire home.

Hot pinks, citrus lemons, tangerines and limes, dazzling blues – the gallery will be a riot of colour.

The exhibition continues until June 14.