The Jericho Living Heritage Trust was initiated in May to protect and promote the heritage of Jericho and to add to its amenities and those of its neighbouring communities, waterways and open spaces. Its immediate goal is to acquire the Castle Mill Boatyard site for community ownership.

Art Jericho, in the heart of Jericho, is hosting an exhibition of work by 11 artists from the area to raise money for the Trust. Appropriately, the gallery premises were formerly the chandlery that served the canal’s boatmen and women. A suite of 11 small works by the artists have been framed by the gallery and all the proceeds from the sales will go to the Trust, as will a substantial percentage of the gallery’s commission.

And there is a wide and interesting range of work and media on show. These include Valerie Petts’s winter’s night portrait Dusk Port Meadow, coloured in ice cold steel grey, we see the Thames, the Meadow and those poplars, all shimmering in the light of the full moon and her watery reflection.

By contrast, Still Life by Philip Vainker is a large and exuberant explosion of pinks, oranges and reds, in which a simple vase of daisies dominates a table-top, surrounded by plates of fruits that positively glow.

Susan Avery’s works on show, explores coasts, banks, seascapes and water. In Canal Lasher her practised use of watercolour creates substantial stone work, a shimmering surface on the water and the marbled effect of dappled shade created by unseen trees.

The exhibition is open Wednesdays to Saturdays 10 am to 5pm and 2-5pm on Sundays. It continues until November 7.