MALVERN residents who visit the Pochade online art gallery might just find a picture of their home or their favourite view of the hills.

The gallery features hundreds of landscape paintings by town artist Antony Bridge who has been out and about painting the local scenery for the last 255 days, at a rate of one painting a day.

Mr Bridge paints everyday regardless of the weather.

Pochade means ‘quick sketch’ and all Mr Bridge’s paintings are done out and about using a small portable box of oil colours and brushes.

“I get out literally every day, sometimes I have to shelter under a tree or in my car and each painting then goes online so people can share it,” he explained.

Mr Bridge is passionate about his pochade painting, which he began three years ago, and his recent works of the landscape around Malvern are part of a project studying light on the landscape.

He admits that going out to paint everyday isn’t always as appealing as it might sound.

“Sometimes it is hard to feel motivated but I want to capture the landscape in all weathers so I can’t just not bother because it is cold or raining,” he said.

“I’m currently on 255 days and pleased its getting hotter now as the winter was hard.”

Anyone interested can subscribe to the pochade gallery at www.pochadegallery.com and see the paintings as they are added to the collection each day. People can also buy or comment on the paintings or even suggest locations a picture.

This month Anthony’s work is being featured in the leading artists magazine Artists and Illustrators and he has exhibited his pochade paintings at the last two Royal Western Academy autumn shows.

Antony is hoping to organise a local exhibition of his pochade paintings this summer and is looking for a suitable venue that could accommodate more than 300 paintings.

Anyone who would like to learn the skills needed for painting on location, or to accompany Mr Bridge on one of his painting trips, can contact him at antony@pochadegallery.co.uk