Many thanks to Flybe for this story

'A picture is worth a thousand words'….. to show that it really does matter and to mark the Easter star of its new summer route from Exeter International Airport and Barcelona, Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, teamed up with one of the Exeter College's young up and coming artists to create a unique piece of art in the heart of the city's Princesshay shopping centre.

Artist-in-residence was 20 year old Raymond Linklater, a student on Exeter College's UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design course used his extraordinary talent to delight many thousands of weekend shoppers by creating a specially designed one-off visual masterpiece – and be inviting visitors’ help to make it particularly poignant.

When complete, the large colourful Exeter-Barcelona-themed canvas will initially take pride of place at Exeter International Airport and later, carrying personal messages of welcome to the people of Barcelona, will feature in a planned summer 'pop-up' tour of the Spanish city, also famous for its wealth of history, cultural attractions, magnificent architecture – and shopping.

Flybe's Director of Marketing, Simon Lilley, says. “We are delighted that Exeter College Art department and Princesshay have been so enthusiastic in helping us create this unique piece of art to mark the start of this new route and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved. Raymond has designed a magnificent canvas that portrays beautifully the many attractions of our cathedral city. We hope it will also grab t eh attention of many Saturday shoppers who will be given the opportunity to send their own personal message to the people of Barcelona.”
Concludes Mr Lilley: “Our new summer route to Barcelona has already been well received by our South West customers and we look forward to welcoming them on board in the very near future. While we await patiently the first Spring sunshine, we thought this the perfect weekend to share some colourful Spanish cheer and to prove that a picture really is worth a thousand words!”College students help Flybe to say 'Hola' to Barcelona