The difficult to portray essence of sunlight reflecting off the water is captured in several watercolours by Christopher Marson in the current show at the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard. The warmth of sunlight also reflects off his houses giving substance to the traditional Bermuda scenes.

The other featured artist in the show, which challenged artists to "explore the elements and the elemental'', is Diane Antone. Her water reflections have substance, literally, as thick layers of oil protrude from the canvases. The Latin titles such as "Per Elementa ad Spiritus'', rather than being pretentious, seem to add to paintings with skies a riot of pink, purple, white and blue.

As a departure from much of his work of shore drawings in pencil, of which there are several exhibited, Dan Dempster is also showing a large oil of the shore. It lacks the feeling of fascination that he captures so well with his monochrome drawings. His shadows in the oil painting, unlike other artists, do not contain purple, and the grey/blue is almost muddy. This gives the floating seaweed almost an eerie feeling.

Light reflects splendidly from Julie Hastings-Smith's delightful small bronze figures. They contain both vitality and simplicity in realistic forms. In contrast she is also exhibiting a small wall mounted abstract piece, "The Eye'', which is more delicate.

"Also providing a contrast to the more realistic pieces are Alicia Tyson's mixed media works. They are bright and full of primitive drawings and words, "moon and stars so you can dream''. The titles reveal her elemental energy, "Love Juice'', "Health 'n' Stuff'' and "Mother Nature''.

Kok Wan Lee also continues to push the envelope with his bowl studies in charcoal, pastel, watercolour and ink on rice paper. It's nice to see his bold experimentation. Batik is represented with one piece by Joyce Beale which is full of fire. There are also a few more artists to round out this show on the elements.

Several of the artworks have already been sold and some removed. Dockyard has a steady stream of tourist traffic and many tourists as well as locals purchase the work. The Arts Centre is open seven days a week and this show closes on May 26.