Malcolm Ludvigsen leaves no stone unturned in pursuit of a new exhibiting opportunity.

“Have you heard of the Whitestone Gallery?” he asks. “I hadn’t until recently, and you know what I’m like. It’s a purpose-built gallery at St Peter’s School, run by head of art John Darmody, and must be the best exhibiting place in York. A very well kept secret as far as I’m concerned.”

Not so secret now, because the York landscape painter that we already call “ubiquitous” is to stretch his wings still wider by exhibiting there from next Saturday.

He will be joined for the Sea, Crags And Sky show of landscapes and seascapes by Sheffield artist Jean Luce. They share a love of landscape painting but in very different styles: Malcolm is a plein-air oil painter who favours the rolling Wolds and the wide, sweeping beaches of the Yorkshire coast, while Jean prefers the rugged crags of her native West Riding “This exhibition brings together our work in a true celebration of these two aspects of the Yorkshire landscape,” says Malcolm.

If you are not au fait with the Whitestone Gallery, here is a potted history. Established in 2002, it forms part of the art school at St Peter’s and aims to promote the work of practising artists, both within and outside the York area.

The gallery is not primarily a commercial enterprise, its purpose instead being to enhance the artistic education of the school’s students and to host four to six contemporary exhibitions each year.

Past exhibitions include A Collection of Paintings and Prints by Past Students of the Royal Academy Schools; Old Dogs New Tricks, an exhibition by retired teachers of art; one-man shows by John Thornton and Piers Browne; Past & Present, work by artists associated with St Peter’s School, such as sculptress Sally Arnup; and Work from The Great Atlantic Gallery ,Falmouth, Cornwall.

Malcolm and Jean’s show will run from February 5 to 17; opening hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm.

* Malcolm Ludvigsen will hold an exhibition, with Kate Kenney at York Theatre Royal from February 7 to March 7.