The Torrance Gallery
Address 36 Dundas Street

Festival Exhibition by Irene Halliday and Enid Foot Watts

"Still Life for a Sea Shore" by Irene Halliday is almost two pictures. A romantic seashore softly coloured in hues of red and blue, is divided by a straight strip across the canvas on which there is a still life of four sailing boats of varying sizes. This is obviously the focal point of the painting and takes it from being merely a pretty picture to an interesting one.

Enid Foot Watts "Hills from Balfron" is in stark contrast. Watts paints with a rich palette of glowing autumn shades and depicts a rolling landscape with hills in the distance and impressions of trees in the foreground and centre. The painting stands out because of the intensity of colour, and one can see why Enid has been referred to as a romantic colourist by many critics.

As an added bonus, this Gallery is showing some very attractive jewellery by Sheana M. Stephen. Out of a total of 114 pieces, two that particularly caught my eye were "Sea Spray" - an amazonite, silver and gold-frosted necklace and eardrops, and "Boulders" - reticulated silver, gold and amethyst brooch pendant with detachable boulders of amethyst. Colourful, bold, with lots of unsual, even primitive designs - not your typical exhibition of precious rocks.

The Time - 14th August - 2nd September Mon.-Sat. 11-6.

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