LIVING Coasts has been inspired to produce its own version of Torquay's latest miniature artistic sensation.

The conservation charity is paying tribute to artist Antony Gormley with a potted penguin version of Field for the British Isles.

Instead of 40,000 terracotta human-like forms the zoo has used 700 hand-painted plaster penguins, each 15 centimetres high.

The installation is at the attraction's front entrance on the quayside at Haldon Pier. Staff and volunteers have produced the miniature penguins over the last six months.

Living Coasts director Elaine Hayes said: "Having such a famous work of art in Torquay has inspired local people to think about art from their own perspective.

"We are a conservation charity and we wanted to reflect that, so we decided to make a penguin response to Field for the British Isles.

"During August the penguin figures will gradually be taken away to represent the loss of wildlife around the world."

Gormley's own Field for the British Isles is currently attracting the crowds at Torre Abbey. It will be on display until August 23.

A display of photographs showing people's own interpretations of Antony Gormley figures in unusual locations will be on show in the Living Coasts café during August.