By bringing together the work of ten of the county’s abstract artists — some of which is described here — West Ox Arts’ curator Alice Saunders has succeeded in creating a highly original and inspiring exhibition. Each of the pieces works well in its own right, and works well with the others, making this a show that needs to be seen.

The way pieces work together is beautifully illustrated by the pairing of the paintings of George Taylor and the earthenware of Lucy Butterwick.

Taylor describes the way he creates his pieces as a “mystery trip”, where the painting’s destination only reveals itself once that destination is reached. In Wild Sea Rising, he presents a maelstrom of blues, turquoises, greens and yellow, creating a mood of excited optimism in the face of a rising storm. And his paintings hung above Butterworth’s ceramics do speak to each other.

Take his Reaching for Andromeda: its exuberant shades of red are picked up by her ceramics series, Sacred Spheres, one of which is illustrated above. In this series Butterwick uses glowing red or orange glazes, striated with bands of lustre to create an uncluttered and tactile finish. All her work is hand-built. It takes its inspiration from the natural world and from ancient cultures as diverse as those of Mexico, Australia and Europe.

By contrast, Wendy Newhofer has on show a range of innovative glass bowls and wall-hangings. In Yellow lunaria glass, she has created a complex hanging that depicts the translucent seed heads of lunaria (honesty) using a fusion of float-glass, copper, aluminium and pewter. In Wave bowl, she has created, within a 22cm bowl, a miniature seascape using sea-green coloured glass, into which she has incorporated three delicate pieces, knitted out of fine filaments of wire which cleverly speak of strands of seaweed.

The exhibition is at West Ox Arts, in the Town Hall, Bampton. Open Tuesday to Sunday, it continues until March 6.