SOUTH Zeal artist Ursula Radford will be exhibiting her work at a national exhibition of naive art being staged in St Ives. Nominated to the Association of British Naive Artists 18 months ago, Ursula?s work will be taking its place in its first national exhibition being staged in the Mariner?s Gallery, Norway Square, St Ives, from May 22 to June 2. In the 1990s, Ursula developed art from techniques she observed in mediaeval cartography and gained recognition for her approach to Devon landscapes. The early mapmakers? naive methods led her to experiment with the present day naive art forms. She gradually extended her work to include dream-style landscapes, rustic scenes, schools, theatres and other interiors reminiscent of bygone days that invite memory and imagination to combine. Alan Bowness, formerly of the Tate, said of the art form: ?Naive painting is the discovery of the 20th century. Naive artists make an appearance when art becomes too precious and too clever. ?Someone with a natural gift, untrained, comes along and overturns everyone?s preconceived notions, and makes us rethink and return to a pre-renaissance naturalism.? The St Ives exhibition featuring the UK?s foremost naive artists is open from 10am to 6pm daily, during which times one or more of the artists will be present.