Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

I wonder if the hand of Joanna May was influenced by this piercing poem of the artist William Blake. The visions of Joanna guiding her brush create hauntingly beautiful animals. The Chinese traditionally thought emotion was expressed through the eye of the artist. In her pictures it is the spirit of the beast that emanates from the eye. It is no wonder she has called this exhibition Eye of the Beholder.

Another great poet, John Keats, wrote: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever/Its loveliness increases./It will never Pass into nothingness."

Nothing is reflected in her leopards' eyes. There is only a flicker of light. Their inner power and presence attracts the viewer like a magnet. With the exception of her other- worldly hares, she paints only parts of an animal. Her strikingly elegant zebras are bold and unfussy paintings in acrylic on canvas.

The Brian Sinfield Gallery has mounted this exhibition and it will continue until Saturday, June 24; so if they magnetise you there is still time for your eyes to see them. Brian has a talent for picking interesting artists. You may have seen Joanna on Bill Oddie's Springwatch. She was hare-watching in the fields behind her house. She said: "They also showed me painting Gemini Hare. Five years ago, I was working on another series on British wildlife. There was an amazing response to my picture of boxing hares. I thought about it and came to the conclusion that they induce folk law and mysticism. The symbolism is a gift to artists. Gemini Hare combines the mystical with the surrealist."

In the picture the hares glide over a silent but magical Marlborough High Street, where Joanna has her studio. As well as the original, there are 250 giclee prints available in the exhibition, which is open Tuesday to Saturday between 10am and 5.30pm. The gallery is at 150 Hgh Street, Burford.