The renowned pop artist Sir Peter Blake has donated his latest work to an arts organisation in Muirhouse, Edinburgh.

Sr Peter has donated The Arrival of the Smart Meters to the North Edinburgh Arts charity.

Smart meters will be offered to every household in the UK by 2020.

North Edinburgh Arts will receive the original print, one of just 30 that are being donated to charities, universities and community projects across the country.

The picture takes inspiration from the smart meter displays that show households how much energy they are using.

Sir Peter said: “I took inspiration for my latest work from the artist Saul Steinberg, who gave new meaning to everyday objects.

"In this case the smart meters suggested little bodies to me, so I turned them into people, symbolising the installers who are fitting the meters into every home in Great Britain.

"I love that something that can be seen as rather workaday is being introduced with art, and Arrival of the Smart Meters is an interesting way of highlighting its national significance."

North Edinburgh Arts offers creative workshops and other services and received 30,000 visits last year.

Kate Wimpress, director at North Edinburgh Arts said: "Receiving the print signed by Peter Blake has been a real boost for everyone here at North Edinburgh Arts.

"Having the work of a world renowned artist in our venue has inspired us to keep exploring and enjoying our own creativity.

"As it says on the path to our door ‘Art is: Breaking down barriers; transformation, growth; freedom of thought’. Thanks to Peter and everyone involved in making this donation possible."

In May 2016 Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy published Meters, a poem that marked the digital switchover from analogue to smart meters.

In November 2015 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed A Requiem for Meters, a three-minute piece of music played entirely on instruments made from old gas and electricity meters.

The requiem was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and released for free on Spotify.