Elizabeth Ann Trott, Masterworks Gallery, Front Street, Hamilton.

This is, perhaps fittingly, the final in a series of one-man shows that the Masterworks Gallery has put together for the summer.

Fitting because, like the `Artists Up Front Street' series itself, Trott is an artist with a wide variety of interests which she manifests in a number of mediums -- although sadly, not all the artists who displayed work here during the summer can match her skill.

Photographs, prints and sculptures in both naturalistic and abstract forms fill the space in an what can only be described as a eclectic show. But while subject, form and material may vary, Trott never allows her standards to drop.

When carrying a camera Trott's eye is drawn to nature and both the simplicity and diversity of her environment as the numerous black and white images hanging here display.

But it is as a sculptor, captivated by human behaviour, that one sees Trott working at her best.

As a schoolteacher it is not surprising -- or perhaps very surprising -- that Trott has a great warmth and love towards children and their secret world. At least that's the impression that radiates from such works as `Sleeping Boy', `Lift Ya Leg Up' and `Girl with Pencil'. The mannerisms of each character are beautifully observed and depicted in an almost cartoonish style.

Similarly, `Dancing with Grandpa', in which a young child, clutching a cuddly toy, sleeps in his grandfather's arms, is a wonderfully moulded piece of work, full of lazy, languid movement.

Trott adopts a more naturalistic style in her portraits of dogs. But while she remains honest to the strict rules of anatomy -- one can almost feel each stretched muscle, see every bone, each piece is anything but an anatomical model and a sense of life and energy still over-rides the beautifully observed detail, best illustrated in `Stretch' and `Suitcases Out'.

Trott develops a third style in her `Warrior Dancer' studies, the form disintegrating into a molten flow of strength and energy, solid but liquid, strong but also elegantly graceful.

This is a charming show put together by an artist who describes herself as "a people watcher'', something that Trott, on the evidence of her work here, clearly enjoys doing. Seeing the result of her observations is a treat.

Gareth Finighan Warrior Dancer: An example of Trott's diversity.