Artist Colin Rayne is so passionate about his work he has turned his entire home into a gallery.

Now every room in his house, apart from his bedroom, will be open to the public one day a month after he decided to create a lasting exhibition.

Mr Rayne, 59, of Saltdean, has been an artist since he was at school and many of his favourite pieces from his life's work will be on show.

He said: "I took the house especially to show my work as a continuing retrospective art show which will be open to the public one Sunday a month permanently.

"It is in an ideal location, overlooking a landscape from which I gain a great deal of inspiration.

"It will not be too much of a hardship to have people in and out once a month. People will be able to look round the rooms, and will even see the kitchen because it is all open plan.

"I have to keep the house tidy but that is not a bad discipline to have.

"Unfortunately, I can't just have people turning up without speaking to me first.

"They will have to give me a call but so long as they are interested in seeing my work they will be welcome."

Mr Rayne is also renowned for his clockmaking skills and many of his creative timepieces have been displayed in prestigious places in London and Brighton.

He is a lifelong member of the clockmakers' association and the British Horological Institute. He learnt his engineering skills as an apprentice working for his father's surgical instrument company as a boy.

One of his best-received designs was a clock based on the original layout of Stonehenge, using light to tell the time, which he developed with help from archeologist Rodney Castleden.

He presented the clock, called Stonehenge 2000, as a millennium gift at the opening of the cardiac care centre at Brighton's Royal Sussex County Hospital.

He now wants to sell the design registration of the piece via the Patent Office and is looking for a company to market his creation.

Mr Rayne also created a Napoleonic clock for the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, which is on display in the foyer.

One of his favourite clocks was created for the water company Perrier and used in a promotional campaign. He designed the clock which is inside a bottle of water.

This will be on display during a public exhibition of his work at the Grange Art Gallery in Rottingdean from October 6.

Much of his work consists of landscapes and seascapes in oil and acrylic inspired by walks on the South Downs, including a dramatic painting of the moving of the Belle Tout lighthouse.

He also creates driftwood sculptures, a form of fine art, and figurative sculptures.

Some works, priced from £40, will be on sale at the exhibition.

Dates and opening times have yet to be decided.