SHOULD you be suffering from Malcolm Ludvigsen withdrawal symptoms, the prolific paintbrushwielding professor is exhibiting once more in York.

"I've been asked to give an exhibition at the Blake Head bookshop and vegetarian cafe on Micklegate, which is a bit unexpected, " says Malcolm. Unexpected maybe, but he has taken up the invitation nevertheless, and so the latest Ludvigsens are on show from today.

"I'm calling the show Land And Sea, and not surprisingly, it will be mostly landscapes and seascapes, some quite recent. This will be my first exhibition of the year and I'm rather pleased that it's at the Blake Head; an ideal place for my sort of painting, with plenty of daylight and a trapped cappuccinodrinking audience. There's also plenty of free parking just outside the door for bikes."

Ludvigsen will go international in his next show at the New York Art Expo at the end of February. "This has been arranged by my American agent, Kennebeck Fine Art in Colorado. Apparently, my Bridlington pictures are very popular in the US, especially the winter ones, " says Malcolm.

"Surprisingly, they're also popular in Portugal. A gallery called Corte Real in the Algarve is planning an exhibition of my work sometime in the spring."

Last year, Malcolm had paintings on view in London at the New Grafton, Mall and Webbs galleries, and he sold pictures at the Edinburgh Art Fair and a further 14 at his ArtSpace show in York.

He also took part in the York Artists' Group's Christmas exhibition. "In spite of a last-minute change of venue, which obliged us to have our own mini open-studio exhibition in our respective studios, it was a great success, " he says.

"Having been rejected by the York Open Studios for the last four consecutive years, this was a new experience for me and one which I'd like to repeat in the near future. It seems a good way of selling paintings."

The Blake Head exhibition will run from today until February 28.Opening hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday; 10am to 5pm, Sunday.