The display, called Forest Dreams, by Borders-based artist Natasha Smith, will be available for viewing at Hawick Museum from August 30 to November 30.

Her work is inspired by the natural world, focusing particularly on trees, plants, and weeds.

Ms Smith said: “I work with the plants, often using them to apply paint.

“I use them directly to print.

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“I work intuitively and let the work lead me where it will.

“My work springs from my awareness of our entanglement with and interdependence on the natural world.

“It is created intuitively, inviting a chance to play a part.

“I work in acrylic layers, adding pencil scribbles, slashes of pastel, some collage, and washes, often applying paint with my finger, using a roller, or printing directly from plant material, also sanding, rubbing away and painting over.

“Recent work focuses on trees and the crucial part they play and will continue to play in the future of our planet.

“My painting is a journey of reflection.

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“I am excited to exhibit my new paintings, which focus on plant life, with Live Borders at the Waterfall Gallery in Hawick Museum, this autumn.

“I invite you to enter the forest with me.”

For more information, go to www.liveborders.org.uk.

Between August and October, the exhibition will run from Wednesday to Monday from 11am to 4pm (closed Tuesday), and in November, it will run from Fridays to Mondays from 11am to 3pm (closed Tuesdays to Thursdays).