GLIMPSES of remembered moments and the division of space form the focus of the current exhibition at Poole Lighthouse.

Along Edges features the work of Pennie Elfick and Tony Martin who take their inspiration from landscape, architecture and evocative images in poetry.

Their aim is to create work which causes the viewer to contemplate, reflect and hopefully see that in the words of the poet Alice Oswald: “Something is in the line and air along edges”.

Pennie said: “It is our way of pressing the pause button on modern life.

“Abstract art is sometimes seen as risky but we believe that if you take your time to look and really engage with the pieces then your experience will be much richer.”

Her oil and acrylic paintings explore the layering of subtle changes of colour and create a sense of remembering space.

She said: “We are both heavily influenced by what we see in the landscape. I try to show the fleeting colours in the landscape.

“I use both acrylics and oils, but acrylics are kinder to my more linear work. In one particular painting, Aller Moor, there is a real sense of the colours shifting and disappearing.”

Reworked lines, bands of colour and geometric space feature prominently in the Along Edges exhibition.

Martin’s drawings show the paring down of linear space and take inspiration from where he lives in the Somerset Levels.

He said: “I’ve always loved drawing and sketching and now my drawings exist in their own right.

“My challenge is to make a simple line communicate a great deal, so on closer inspection it means a lot more.”

One of his works titled Returning conveys the sensation of driving back home through a valley.

He said: “I veer towards the spatial element and my drawings are all about actual or imagined space.

“I also take inspiration from poetry, especially writers who pare down language and communicate an idea very simply.”

Both artists currently work together at Dove Studios in Somerset Along Edges will remain at The Gallery in Poole Lighthouse until March 8 and the exhibition will be open during cafe hours.

Admission is free and there is a private viewing with the artists today from 2pm until 4pm.