A Teignmouth artist’s photographic tribute to an iconic 19th-century painting is on show in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Anna Grayson’s pastiche photograph Flaming June the Bag Lady mimics the composition and colours of Sir Frederic Leighton’s 1895 painting Flaming June, which depicts a woman draped in filmy orange fabric, curled up asleep on a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean sea.

In Anna’s version the sleeping woman is slumped on a beach terrace in Teignmouth, wrapped in an orange batik cloth, with two Sainsbury’s carrier bags at her feet.

The photo has been chosen to feature in the London gallery’s famous Summer Exhibition - the world's largest open-submission contemporary art show - which opens on June 16.

“Who needs the Med when we've got Teignmouth?” said Anna.

“But my June is an older lady and has a different back story. She's had a hard time and finds herself single and in the pensions gap. She becomes homeless and moves to the seaside to try her luck.

“The photo was shot early one May morning at Eastcliff - capturing the magical light that is so special to Teignmouth, and so valued by artists.”

Flaming June will be the sixth of Anna’s pictures to hang in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibitions over the last 12 years.

She said: “Many of my pictures make use of the local Teignbridge landscape. My homage to the Mona Lisa was shot looking up the Estuary at Coombe Cellars, and that was chosen by Grayson Perry in 2018 when he curated the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.

“I also re-imagined a Rembrandt up the Bitton Brook near the Coombe nature reserve, and that hung in the Royal Academy in 2024.

“Hopefully my work will highlight Teignmouth's special qualities for artists, and encourage more people to visit and enjoy the glorious light on our seafront and beaches.”