AN artist and designer is exhibiting some of his life’s work in Worcester to raise money for a deaf and blind charity.

John Greenhalgh, aged 50, from Worcester, has compiled some of his work from the last 30 years – which includes paintings, furniture and designs – at the Hive in Worcester in aid of charity Sense.

Mr Greenhalgh has battled with mental illness since his early 20s and the medication he received left him unable to work for many years.

Many of the paintings on show have been created in the evening after working at the Sense charity shop in Mealcheapen Street in Worcester.

Mr Greenhalgh has volunteered at the deaf and blind charity for the last three years.

Some of his work dates back to his time as a design technology student at Loughborough University.

He started at the university on a mechanical engineering course but changed when he saw himself gaining more from 3D design.

Items in the exhibition, titled Gyrus Design, show off a number of Mr Greenhalgh’s skills and include old design work and paintings, engraved mirrors, a Sigmund Freud cartoon book, church furniture and food packaging.

It also features a tribute to Mr Greenhalgh’s grandfather who was an avid inventor and fought in the First World War.

The free exhibition runs until Sunday, January 28.

All donations will go to Sense.