AS the director of the newly launched Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Anna Saunders is becoming a familiar face in Cheltenham.

So it's not surprising that she was chosen as a subject for an exhibition of portraits featuring some of Gloucestershire's highest profile residents.

The collection of pictures, entitled Hello You, Hello Me, is on display at the Guildhall in Gloucester.

They're the work of artists Kim and Chris Fordwoh who picked out people they'd most like to capture on canvas.

As well as Anna their subjects include the Mayor of Gloucester Jan Lugg and former Gloucester MP Parmjit Dhanda.

Anna, who lives in Pittville, said her portrait was based on a photograph which had been taken by the artists at Cheltenham Literature Festival.

She added: "People have said the picture is a good likeness of me and that it's captured the mischievous look in my eyes."

The exhibition runs until January 27.