?Seven Deadly Jelly Fish,? hang from the ceiling against a blue background on the back wall of the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard in the ?Seven Deadly Sins? show.

They are the fascinating work of Kathy Harriott and seem more whimsical than deadly.

At a distance they look very much like the white menaces, but on closer inspection they are made from metal ? screen and wire with beads. Each jelly fish is accented with colour: ?Black Anger?, ?Purple Pride?, ?Gold Avarice?, ?Blue Sloth?, ?Red Lust?, ?Green Envy? and ?Copper Gluttony?.

Whimsical describes most of the art in this show, or more accurately, whimsy with a bite.

Angela Gentleman, one of the featured artists, is exhibiting a series titled ?Seven Deadly Sins of Women.? Bright, bold and fun in her colourful, folksy style they are full of different images and symbols managing to be both simple and complex.

The woman in ?The Temptation of the Dieter?, a black and white print by Sue Grass which looks like a pencil drawing, is at sea on a waffle with a giant fork stuck in it.

Temptations abound ? along with the snake, are a candied apple, an ice cream sundae iceberg and people surrounding a floating slice of cheesecake. Few of the artists take the subject too seriously and, disappointingly, nobody stepped out on the edge with the topic.

Kok Wan Lee?s ?Fabian? pieces are not whimsical. The energy of the approaching hurricane is portrayed in two abstract charcoals, for him it is about anger.

Suzie Lowe chose to portray separately the sins and ?The Seven Heavenly Virtues?: faith, hope, chastity, gratitude, justice, temperance and prudence. These two works are connected pieces of brushed and waxed ceramics with mixed media.

They hang against the wall like plaques and look remarkably wood-like.

The exquisite detail, includes hammered metal, bronze runes for the sins and lovely silver designs for the virtues. The sins piece has what looks a like an inukshuk made from copper.

These are used by northern Inuit to mark significant places, including danger. ?Two?s Company ~Envy ~?, is a digital archival photograph by Lenore Leitch.

Through the window of a somewhat neglected house a child looks out wistfully, while two other children walk away arm in arm. It is wonderfully framed to set off the mood. Also in the darker mood is Saskia Wolsak?s oil, ?Indifference,? a portrait in haunting greys.

One of the scariest pieces in the show is by another featured artist, Dana Cooper, an oil of George Bush staring off into his own world. It is simply entitled, ?Pride.? Her depictions of the Seven Sins are striking with the use of orange that jumps out against black frames. Lyn Morrel may have had the most fun creating her seven mixed media sculptures standing on plinths around the gallery. ?Glutton?s Home? is round and surrounded by a measuring tape.

Shoelaces hold it together where it is splitting open. To see inside to the glutton?s paraphernalia and wallpaper one has to crouch down.

?Slothful Slums? is a barely started shack ? building permit B12306 ? written on one outside wall is, ?YOU FINISH IT I CAN?T BE BOTHERED.?

?Martinis with Mummy Partying Too Hard,? by Betsey Mulderig, the third featured artist, is of Egyptians, repetitive images in oil on printed fabric. It has a timeless quality suggesting that partying has always been and always will be.

In ?The CEO?s Sin: Working Too Hard,? the clothing is different but the gestures seem the same as the Egyptians with a man constantly saying goodbye to his family. Easily overlooked with its gentle pastel colours is ?Bermudaful Envy,? a waxed batik by Joyce Beal. It is a coral reef in all its complexity, both representational and abstract, quite clever actually, seeming different at a distance and close up. Although it is made with subtle batik dyes it captures the thriving life energy in Bermuda ? something worthy of envy.

?Seven Deadly Sins? will show at the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard until January 23, 2004.