This life-affirming exhibition in The Gallery in Bampton is well named. Each artist evokes the spirit of place, whether it be Venice, the Lake District, the Cotswolds, France or Greece, a tribute to a life-time travelling and painting scenes that mean so much. Ann Manly, a founder member of the Bampton Arts Association in the 1960s, now West Ox Arts, promoted art, drama, literature, music and photography. She met Dennis Harrison on a weekend course; they married and have been painting ever since.

Both work en plein air; both love buildings, water and the luminosity of watercolours, eschewing opaque paints that dull the clarity of the colours.

Dennis captures everyday life in a personal way, like his Venetian Laundry Boat, moored in a small canal, awaiting the delivery man to cross the bridge carrying his red bag of washing. In his Landing Stage, Rio di Ognissante, Venice the scene is set for an intimate al fresco meal in the shade of a colourful awning while the small barge waits below in another backwater. An altogether grander view of Venice is A Corner of the Pescharia with its elegant arches, while, in the foreground, holding posts are reflected in the dark water awaiting the gondolas. Dennis also enjoys painting humble houses like his Feeding the Hens, Nook Farm, Rosthwaite, Lake District; note his fine stonework, careful without being fussy.

A watercolourist at heart, Ann does display a few oils done in an impressionistic way. Her bright colours are toned down to allow gentle yellow light to filter from the meadow beyond through the trees into a secret dell in Yellow Cotswold Fields, near the Windrush.

The terracotta tiles’ graduating size tell the story of Old Houses at Lagraville, Perigord, France (above), inhabited by a few zany chickens. Don’t miss her crayon, ink, and pastel St Croix de Beaumont, influenced by Piper.

Until April 1; Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am-4.30pm, Sunday 2-4pm.