But imagine what an artist with what might be called a cynical view of beautiful landscape paintings might think of the area? Imagine no longer. Catrin Webster is such a woman and now her views have been recorded for "On Show:Pembrokeshire Painted", which was screened on BBC Two Wales at 7.30pm on Thursday August 24.

Catrin takes a journey around the region talking to some of the artists and exploring the landscapes they are inspired by. She meets five of the region's best known artists, including 95-year-old Arthur Giardelli, who is based in Castlemartin and still works every day. She also sketches with John Knapp-Fisher from Croesgoch on a mountain-top and abseils down a Pembrokeshire cliff face with David Bellamy from Builth Wells so that they can take a closer look at the beautiful rock structures beneath the coastal paths.

"The light is so tremendous you get it reflecting off the sea and bouncing off the rocks," says David, who floats around the coastline in a makeshift rubber ring so he can get an alternative view of its formations and sketch while at sea.

Artist Brendan Stuart Burns takes Catrin beachcombing at Druidstone and Sarah Young from Croesgoch talks to her about the sense of history and belonging in her landscape paintings.

Catrin is initially sceptical about what she's going to find on her journey but soon comes to understand the artists and their interpretations of their picturesque surroundings. "I wanted to try and understand what makes this place so special and what makes so many artists want to paint Pembrokeshire," says Catrin, who is seen driving around Pembrokeshire in her 'mobile easel' - a white van with a rack on the side for her large canvasses.