The Eden Project is hosting an exhibition by Cornish-based artist Mike Hoggett to celebrate the coming spring bulb season.

Vision On is Mike's second exhibition at Eden and takes the form of more than 600 vibrant paintings arranged in a mosaic style in the architecturally-spectacular surroundings of the project's Core building.

The paintings are in the medium of acrylic on board. Mike applies layers of paint with a multitude of tools - brushes, knives, kitchen spatulas, window squeegees for example - to create unique, intense works. Paint is smeared, dragged, flicked and often scratched into or scraped away.

Mike said: "This is the tenth year that I have been making grid-like installations of my paintings, a significant part of my art practice.

"The original idea came from seeing a bank of television monitors all showing different flickering images.

"If the grouping of the work appears to be overbearing and too intense, that is good. Enter a supermarket or walk down a busy high street on a Saturday afternoon and you are surrounded by noise, movement and visual stimulus.

"I am expressing something of this hustle and bustle, yet also want to draw you in to scrutinize individual paintings.

"The work also reflects the intensity and variety of colour visitors will experience over the course of Eden’s spring bulb season."

Entry to Vision On is included in the standard Eden admission price. The exhibition runs until April 15 on the mezzanine floor of the Core building.

Mike was born in Cheltenham in 1964 and graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 1997. He now lives and works in Cornwall.

Mike first exhibited at Eden in 2005 when his paintings formed an integral part of that year's Bulb Mania spring celebrations.