Although there have been some uses of the computer in the field of art for a good three decades now, it is only within the last few years that a more widespread curiosity has led to a growing exploitation of creative potential.

Sensuously carved stone sculptures have established Peter Randall-Page’s reputation as one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists.

The forthcoming exhibition at the Castlefield Gallery offers an opportunity to compare the old with the new.

Sharon Hall’s paintings set the viewer a visual challenge. They combine abstraction with meticulously drawn images, which often layered over one another are set against fields of shimmering colour.

As a painter, writer, lecturer and exhibition organiser, Timothy Hyman has done much over the last decade to revive interest in narrative painting.

The exhibition shows recent paintings by Basil Beattie, a British abstract painter who was influenced by American Abstract Expressionism early in his career, and has gone on to paint his own personal vision of abstraction.