There are three exhibitions at Oriel Q - the Queens Hall gallery - this month.

In the main gallery, on the top floor, is a retrospective of paintings by Chris Payne.

In her 70th year, Chris now lives in Narberth, having retired from teaching 10 years ago to concentrate on painting and moved to Wales, where she found the environmental forms inspiration as a frame for her ideas and memories and comments on human life and her experience of it.

She paints trees and rocks of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire in oils, in bright colours with the added edge of exaggerated forms suggesting figures or spirits. Chris has created an unusual style, bordering on abstract by not trying to be too realistic and yet they are illustrative, and would be wonderful studies for fairy stories.

There is an interesting link through texture with the photographs on the stairs created by Gale Lewis. 'At the boundary, life blossoms' is the title of this collection of photographs based on 'natural fractals' - the transition of change within nature.

The third exhibition is a collection of ceramics on tour from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Sensational Ceramics is the first of three showcases at the Queens Hall and is intended to be educational with all types of pottery; functional, decorative, international, historic and contemporary on show.

All three exhibitions are on show until February 4th. The gallery is open Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 5pm. Contact gallery manager Lynne Crompton on 01834 869454 for more details.