Lisa Rego is exhibiting the paintings of Mike Healey, Sarah Anderson, and Ian Elliot in the entrance lobby of Atrium, ACE Tempest RE, 30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton.

Mike Healey's paintings dominate the show, however, first by the shear number of his works, as compared to the other two exhibiting artists, but also by the vigour and intensity of his colours. All three artists are from Scotland, but while Sarah Anderson and Ian Elliot paint Scotland, Mr. Healey paints Bermuda.

Mike Healey's works can be divided into several themes ? South Shore beaches and rocks, sail boats, and Flatts Village.

All exaggerate colours. His blues are notably intense and rich, and in his Flatts' paintings the red buildings are indeed eye-catching, the likes of which I have never before seen in Flatts.

I am reminded of the response of J.M.W. Turner, the famous 19th century English painter, who, when a certain woman told him that she had never seen such colours as he used in his sunsets, responded with a question, "Don't you wish you could?" Mr. Healey's shadows are intensely dark; I would call it black, although it is possible that they were made without actually using black paint at all.

If it is perceived as black, however, then it is black. Certain German Expressionists similarly used black, an example of one such painter being Max Beckmann.

One of Mike Healey's paintings, "Queen's View", is especially notable. This is a large, panoramic painting of the view from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. As with most of his other paintings, his use of blue continues to be intensely exaggerated, and the greens of distant islands and headlands are especially vivid.

Sarah Anderson's single painting, "Sunset at Carsluith", depicts a sunset that is very orange with the reflecting sea mirroring the orange of the setting sun.

Indeed, this is really a study in orange and black, the black being silhouetted posts that stick out of the water. It is a simple composition, but all the same, a very effective one.

Ian Elliot's "Golden Light" depicts a farm field with farm buildings in the distance.

What is so striking is the bright yellow field. Someone questioned using such yellow, and it is possible that this person may never have seen a yellow field like this before, but rape fields are intensely yellow, and the artist, when painting this view, very possibly saw just such a landscape.

The paintings of these last two artists are obviously, thoughtfully constructed. By contrast, Mike Healey's paintings are more spontaneous in appearance.

The one word that comes to mind when viewing Healey's work is "Painterly". This means that when looking at his work, the viewer is particularly conscious of paint, thick, juicy paint.