UP and coming artists have been showing off their work at the BA Hons Fine Art Degree Show.

Fine Art students from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in High Wycombe proudly displayed their works at the fifth exhibition of its kind.

Students were celebrating their achievements and looking to their future in the art world at the display held at the Department of Fine Art in Octagon Parade.

Many are now on the road to international schools and universities. Frances Greenough, 22, from Beaconsfield, has applied for an internship at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery after her graduation in June.

She said: "My work explores fantasy landscapes, influenced by Japanese art."

Course mate Emma Mabbott, 23, from Maidenhead, started out in Dubai and wants to return there to qualify as an art teacher.

Amersham-based Dan Lovelace, 24, has created a 30-foot street art-style painting for the show.

He said: "The subject is loosely autobiographical. I'm calling it This is where I.'".

This year's Degree Show is the fifth since BCUC launched a BA Hons Fine Art course in 1997.

Works on display this year included sound and video art, light installations, sculptures, drawings and paintings.

Previous BCUC Fine Art graduates have gone on to MA courses at the Royal College of Art, Central St Martin's and Sheffield Hallam University.

Former success stories include artist Dave Farnham, who graduated in 2003.

He won the 2004 Pizza Express Prospects student drawing prize and in 2004 graduate Alex Dewart was shortlisted in the John Moores exhibition.