GREEN Door is celebrating the culmination of another successful year as artists-in-residence at Kendal Museum with an impressive exhibition of new work inspired by items in the museum’s collection.

Artefacts II - which runs until January 31 - includes drawings, paintings, papercuts, prints and sculptures by a host of the innovative arts collective's members such as Averyl Bradbrook, Charles Brown, Ellie Chaney, Sue David, Jan Huntley Peace, Elizabeth Tracey, Brie Wharf, Frances Winder, Ana Sequeira and Marisa Crane.

Marisa, who was recently a finalist for the Young Cumbrian Artist of the Year award, has created two new pieces of work for the show on the theme of The Great White Hunter - The Lion who turned into a Lamb and the Lion Tamer.

Explains Marisa: "The Great White Hunter rose to domination in the early 20th Century, after the Victorian fascination with African safaris blew through English bourgeois culture. The hunter pursued big game such as elephants, rhino and lions. He was brave and virile, dominating the natural world, subduing its ‘man-eaters’ and wooing the ladies. Fictionalised in stories such as Tarzan, the legend echoes through to today, living in contemporary culture from entertainment in the portrayal of women and non-white communities, to the way we manage the environment and the nature that lives there.”

Meanwhile, GD artist Ana Sequeira's contribution to the exhibition is a colourful depiction of one of the popular museum's most famous residents: “I haven’t stopped painting dodos since I was involved in a previous Green Door exhibition at the museum and saw one in a cabinet there," she points out. "The three paintings of mine in the exhibition - Betsy, Miranda and Monty - are a more playful slant on the dodo.”

Printmaker Sue David is fascinated by the little Neolithic arrowheads in the museum. She says to the modern eye, each delicate shape gives the appearance of a tiny work of art: "You have to remind yourself that they were originally purely functional hunting implements. I decided to create two pieces of work inspired by them: one emphasising their shape and beauty, while the other hints at their purpose.”

Green Door administrator Janice Benson is excited about the exhibition, which she adds, has given GD members a fantastic opportunity to delve into the museum’s collection and create new work: “It’s always exciting to see just what will trigger artists’ imaginations and this exhibition is no exception. We’d like to invite people to join us for the private view from 2pm-4 pm on Saturday, October 8, when they can meet the artists and talk about their work, as well as having a look around the Museum to see the inspiration behind it.”

Elsewhere, solo exhibitions from Green Door members continue with Averyl Bradbrook at Kendal's Brewhouse at Burgundy’s until the end of October and Mike Barlow at Low Sizergh Barn until October 20.

Kendal Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-4pm.