A MALDON art show has celebrated its 'successful' exhibition by artists of all ages.

This year’s Biennial Art Show, hosted at The Octagon in Maldon between July 12 and July 16, was launched to support the Steam Tug Brent Trust.

The charity looks after the steam tug which was built for the Admiralty in 1945.

Brent was launched too late for the war effort and was sold to the Port of London Authority instead.Maldon and Burnham Standard: Successful - Art Show organiser, Janet Hall Successful - Art Show organiser, Janet Hall (Image: Steam Tug Brent Trust)

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Used to help maintain the Thames as a navigable waterway and to tow lighters and barges full of cargo between ships and warehouses in London Docks, she was retired in 1970, the last PLA steam vessel left in service.Maldon and Burnham Standard: Show - artists were inspired to portray the image of the steam tugShow - artists were inspired to portray the image of the steam tug (Image: Steam Tug Brent Trust)

Organiser Janet Hall, invited exhibitors of all ages to submit drawings, paintings or models, spending no more than £20 on materials, and all based on Maldon’s much-loved steam tug Brent.

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A spokesman from the Steam Tug Brent Trust said: "The youngest entrants were three-year-old nursery school pupils.

"The oldest entrant has recently celebrated her 93rd birthday."

Maldon’s Mayor, Andrew Lay, was invited to submit an entry and revealed a hidden talent with no fewer than six pastiches of existing works of art.

These are all for sale by sealed bid with proceeds towards the Steam Tug Brent Trust.