PLEASANT PAINTINGS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 64, 9 December 1930, Page 3

PLEASANT PAINTINGS

Mr McCormack’s Show Not great in number, an exhibition of ter-colours by T. A. McCormack which opened yesterday at Kelvin Chambers more than made up in attractiveness for the. comparative smallness of the display. Mr. McCormack met with considerable success at a joint exhibition some time ago, and from the present show it seems that he will be successful once more. He is a bold colourist, and an extremely bold one when the light tones he uses are borne in mind. These light tones he handles with excellent skill and a great feeling for his subject, in spite of the obliqueness with which it is often approached. Of the 27 odd paintings on the walls, one extremely good picture is “Morning, Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney,” shown now for the first time. He gets a great effect in this uhinvolved but most original picture. “The Avenue,” too, is an excellent sketch, full of point. “Westerly Glow, Island Bay,” will appeal to nrttny as the outstanding work, and in it Mr, McCormack achieves extraordinary reality. “Ti-trees,” “Summertime,” and “Sunset, Sydney, Harbour,” are all good paintings, and the last incidentally almost a study in the diversity of marine architecture. ’‘Winter Morning” is an interesting picture, and one from -which much can bo learned. - In one or two of the pictures it can be seen that Mr. McCormack’s style leads to a curious situation with regard to the introduction of figures. There are seven etchings included in the show, but the artist is not nearly so much at ease in these as in his paint-' ings.