ART lovers' eyes are firmly focused on Maria Marshall, whose work is creating quite a spectacle in Leigh.

She has already found fame in America and Europe by using large-scale video projections to bring together a range of film and digital special effects.

Now fans can see her latest exhibition at the Turnpike Gallery in Civic Square.

Gallery spokesman Kerri Moogan said: "Maria's work is inspired by a child-like world that is often clouded with threat and risk, its ambiguity creating a mixture of unease and fascination in spectators.

"She has gained a considerable reputation. A video of her two-year-old son apparently smoking a cigarette received critical acclaim in New York and Europe."

The exhibition is open until Saturday. For more information and gallery opening times call 01942 404469.