HATHERLEIGH?S Salar Gallery and the Tarka Trail are celebrating 15 years in existence this year and a special exhibition is being staged to mark the milestone. The ?Celebrating Tarka Country? exhibition explores the 180 miles of footpath and cycle track which makes up the Tarka Trail, passing through a range of landscapes from the deeply wooded valley of Torridge to the North coast of Devon, the heights of Exmoor and Dartmoor to the gentle pastoral landscape of the Taw Valley. There are paintings from artists such as Ken Hildrew, known for his atmospheric works of Dartmoor and the coast, plus Chris Lovelock?s bridge paintings, rural scenes from Pam Cox and river scenes from Annie Farrall Doyle. The exhibition, which runs until July 4, also features drawings by Eileen Gold used to create Tarka Country interpretation boards and photographs, tracing the route in the ?Tarka the Otter? book, by Jen Bryant. During the last 15 years, Salar Gallery has continued to grow and develop its exhibition programme and now around seven group, solo or theme exhibitions are held each year from April to December. Coming up this year is a feast of pastel paintings with demonstrations on techniques by Paul Hardy, an exhibition by artists-in-residence at Farms for City Children in Iddesleigh ? as part of its 30th birthday celebrations and exhibition in conjunction with Devon Artsculture by two Devon painters. Owner of the Salar Gallery Sally Ann Vick said: ?We are so lucky in having so many wonderful artists and makers in this part of the country ? a never ending source of inspiration for us all and work which will make us see things in ways that we had never imagined.?