Jonah Jones and Chris Marson are back with a doubly diverse show.

The pair?s last show together was in 2004, but this time Mr. Marson?s hues have brightened, while Mr. Jones? work has grown in size and his colours are more toned down than the vibrant colours of their last joint exhibition at the Bermuda Society of Arts.

This time the pair will open with ?Oil & Water Again? in the same venue on Friday evening.

When asked what was new, Mr. Marson quietly said, ?Forty paintings - all done in the last few months.

?They are all watercolours, but I think this time they are stronger. We went and did some workshops so I think there is a cross-fertilisation from using the oils and my darks are getting stronger.

?This is what I have been doing for the past year.?

The show was planned immediately after the last one, ?Oil & Water?, on the drive back to Somerset.

?We said, ?yeah, we are doing it again?. So we planned for two year, because we didn?t want to do it again in a year,? said Mr. Marson.

?It has been since then and it is good because it gives you consistency and you are moving towards something.

?You don?t paint for the show, or at least I don?t.?

The theme of Mr. Marson?s work is very much like our Island - surrounded by the sea.

?I have been looking to make them a lot stronger,? he said.

One of his paintings is a view of Warwick Long Bay, but he said: ?We change things to make them look the way we want them to.?

Art is a form of fun and discipline for Mr. Marson.

?Sometimes we are up at dawn and it is about how much work you put in.

?Art is a verb.?

Mr. Jones, who has painted 13 large pieces of work for the upcoming show, added: ?sometimes people want the rock star lifestyle, but do not want to put in the work.?

There are no small paintings in the upcoming show, said Mr. Jones.

?I decided that I wanted to do a group of large paintings together, which means that I have been chained to my studio. I have gone out and did some location work, but not for this show.

?I did some small studies on location, but I couldn?t work out there as one of them is 12-feet long. I have really enjoyed doing them, some are from location pieces and ideas that have gone on - so I guess there is that connection from the pliene air stuff.

?I am a bit concerned because our last show was a mob - we were there to shake everyone?s hands and have a glass of wine. But this time I think they are going to go, ?oh?? because there are 13 large pieces.

?But this is what I wanted to do. I have done the odd large painting, but I have never had a group together and seeing them all in one place at one time.?

The theme of Mr. Jones? work is similar to past exhibitions, but he explained: ?They are kind of images and subject matter that I have worked around over the years.

?We have ?Kings Point?, ?Palms?, which started off as a little palm study and has morphed into a great big rows of palms.

?Another is some of the houses on North Shore. And things that are in my head like the subconscious side of Bermuda.

??Uncle Buck? the tug and another is a composite of the West End. It is my example of the Great Sound, but a rock in it is from Elys Harbour.

?Chris, I and the Plein Air group have been down to Flatts Inlet to paint from the car park. It has all the subject matter that I like - all the water, reflections, boats and buoys - things I like to paint.

?I did a Flatts painting a few years ago and it was eight-feet long, but this one is 12-foot by three foot.

?I thought that this would get the big paintings out of my system, but the only thing it has done is to make me paint even larger, but then you hit practical issues like you?ll need a barn.?

Most of Mr. Jones? pieces have ended up as panoramas.

?I like the idea that you can tell a story as well,? he said.

?Most smaller paintings have a focal point and sometimes your eyes can?t take it all in so you make the water move or something.?

Mr. Marson added that it tells a story - there is something moving in the water.

But Mr. Jones said: ?But it also breaks the rules in the dry how to do a painting book - you have your subject matter and everything else comes towards that.?

Mr. Marson pointed out that he had never heard that in reference to panoramas. ?It?s like virgin territory.?

Mr. Jones added: ?If you didn?t get an invite don?t worry just come along and have a glass of wine.?

The show opens at 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. at the City Hall Gallery. All are welcome.