NOTABLE WATER COLOURS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 140, 16 June 1933, Page 3

NOTABLE WATER COLOURS

. ■ ■ ;♦ . —r- ■• '-■ ■■■ ■■ No one at all conversant .with contemporary art in New Zealand >vill dispute the fact that' Mr. T.A. McCorinack is very near, if not actually oh, the top rung of the ladder. So, after two years'' ab'.sencc from Wellington, during which' time he has been finding fresh subjects for his brush in the South Island, it is.rpleasihsi to find him holding an. exhibition of. his work. This will be open daily for the next fortnight in the studio -at' No. 83a. Hill Street, ... - .' ,- .- -;.: ■ . . Mr. McCormack's water-eployi-s aie no more imitations of Nature, hence they.require study, rather than'a cursory glance, to appreciate them at thoir full worth. Each has a suggestive quality as its most vital factor, and the treatment of. each is different according to the mood sought to.be depicted. Some of' : the 'pictures are. treated with a light and deft touch, and some have a richness and. depth of colour altogether admirable; Then again, the artist at times prefers', .something more, formal in the way of. decorative rhythm, while at other times.capturing with fidelity beauty and sunlight; Mfi McCormaek's: art may be called impressionist, but it is not! impressionist in any derogatory sense, or simply for . the-■ sake of being modern. The artist sees Nature in a cei'tain mood, and deftly captures, that mood in his picture with an unerring sense of beauty, proportion,, and technique. This is one of the1 most interesting of the one-arm art; exhibitions held itf Wellington for a long time! .All the subjects reoently painted by .the;-.artist- are not South Island ones, and those who want to see sketches made around Wellington will not be. disappointed. .-. J .- .. . , -