At the private view a swirling crowd of guests moved around the exhibition, or stood and chatted, or did both, with quite a number vying to purchase. Of the paintings themselves one may say that that they fall into three kinds. Predominantly, Everard's lovely flower paintings are the stuff of realism; these floral images are carefully but not slavishly drawn; they are lively, and are full of depth, colour and texture. Then there are his abstract fields of coloured spheres, perhaps a bit mechanistic but none the less attractive. And to the eye of your reporter, the artist excels in dreamy, misty and saline (in the literal sense) visions of .... But you must see for yourself to say of what. Anyway, it was truly a successful showing. Peter Kennedy To see examples of Everard Longland's work, click here |
