AN artistic pensioner has painted a picture for a campaign to plant thousands of daffodils in memory of those who have lost their lives to cancer.

Seventy-eight-year-old Mollie Harrison, of Bransford Road, St John's, Worcester, was asked by Marie Curie Cancer Care to paint a picture after she gave the charity two pieces of her work earlier this year.

The watercolour paintings of daffodils sprouting from bulbs took the charitable pensioner about an hour to do, and will be used for the charity's Field of Hope appeal.

The campaign is appealing for money to have 5,000 bulbs planted on Worcester racecourse in memory of loved ones.

The painting will feature in a book listing all the names of people they have been

dedicated to.

"I gave them a couple of pictures and they said they were doing this book and asked me if I'd like to do a piece so I said yes," said Mrs Harrison, who also works for Worcester's Age Concern.

"I feel it's a bit like me showing off, but it's for a charity so I couldn't refuse and anything that raises money for them is good."

Mrs Harrison has been painting for more than 50 years and her subjects have included Worcester Cathedral and the Malvern Hills.

An exhibition of her work is on display at St John's library on Worcester's Bromyard Road and runs until the end of the month.

To have some of the daffodils on the race course dedicated to your loved ones, call the charity on 01905 427531 or fill in the coupon above and send it to: Marie Curie Cancer Care, 4A King Charles Place, St John's, Worcester, WR2 5AJ..