Simple, yet so, so, effective - that’s the overriding appeal for me at this year’s stimulating Green Door Studio Artists exhibition.

It all appears so seamless.

Richard Light’s Walk is a splendid example - Tony Pearce’s brooding fells reflecting in the still waters of Buttermere, another.

And who better to make things easy on the eye than Fiona Clucas. Naturalness is stamped all over her Frozen Loch, resting just around the corner from hubbie Brian Fereday’s golden Field Edge.

Promise of a New Day is a horizon on fire from the brush of Marilyn Laugesen, a real show stealer, stunning and yet again, simplicity itself.

The twin acrylics of Hounds and Pointer from Ena Lund are in a similar bracket, and Kate Bentley’s fruitful figurative work captures the uncluttered and honest mood of the whole Grasmere show, particularly Adrift.

Among the serenity is Paul Clark’s chaotic Diptych.

Using oil and shellac (a varnish used in French polish), it’s a poured work, where land and sea meet, Paul explains, echoing the movement of Morecambe Bay: “It also reminds me of something trapped in amber.”

Paul’s mixed media in Five Movements is straight out of the Bridget Riley book of black and white - without the rhythm and optical illusion. Wonderfully disordered, it’s more pour and explore.

Fresh from his Carnforth Station exhibition, Chris Rigby’s pair of watercolour and gouache Raven Tor and Yewbarrow should be snapped up by an eagle-eyed punter, and Meg Riley’s laminated felt Room to Grow adds another dimension to the show.

Not forgetting Wendy Lamacraft’s reflective Sunset over Tarn - ablaze as two suns collide.

As usual it’s exciting to discover impressive new artists, and James Murphy fits the bill for me, his Shoes laced with humour.

Jill Pemberton, Frances Winder, Karen Lloyd, Lara Clahane, Tiana Marie, Ted Surtees and Celia Forestal all feature among the 30 or so acclaimed GDS artists and nigh on 200 works, ranging from a heady mix of painting to sculpture; Kendal Windows on Art winner Angela Mitchell’s ceramics; and a handsome pair of Libby Edmondson’s bronze resin cheetahs, that positively purr.

Once more it is a superb showcase for the lads and lasses of Green Door. And, hopefully, yet another rung up that ladder of success towards a permanent exhibition space they can call their own.

The exhibition runs at Grasmere Village Hall until October 18, 10am-5pm daily. Admission is £1.

For further information about Green Door Studios contact 01539-721147.