Ian Parry has been a creator since he was three when he painted a mural on his parent's wall with lipstick. The artist is now 74 and shows no signs of putting down his paintbrush anytime soon.

Parry's latest exhibition, New Works, celebrates the joy of painting through imagery such as seascapes, landscapes, windows and views, and pillars of colour.

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"This exhibition represents an extension of both the window viewing and the surface or wall, and are powerful statements, the surface of colour pushing your viewing to the structure, a framed composition," he said.

"My number one concern is colour. I don't really consider myself to be a landscape painter but I suppose they are landscapes with water."

For Parry, Tasmania's coastline is a particular inspiration.

"I simplify shapes, colours, and forms into really sort of primal things that cause a response, rather than a narrative," he said.

"I like a painting to be a purely visual phenomenon."

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Parry attaches colour to sounds he hears, and if he listens to music and closes his eyes, what he sees is a movie of abstract shapes and colours.

"I don't start with any ideas in my mind or any particular subject at all. I just start with colours and shapes and eventually, they will end up looking something like a landscape," he said.

The artist believes there are no rules to art, and to create art often one must also create a mess.

New Works is now on show at the Blenheim Gallery and Garden and will finish on September 29.

The gallery is open Wednesday-Friday's from 10.30am until 4pm and Saturday's from 10am-2pm.

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