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Ex -Servicemen's Promising Show By a stroke of fortune delivered almost at the lost possible moment, Don Cowen and Quentin Hole, two ex -servicemen and locally trained post-war art students, hove hod made available a room large enough to hold their first two-man show. DELAYED correspondence Contrasting sharply is a fine with the new owners of foreground. very interesting !the building resulted in the and brilliant against a sombre 'artists having only two days in'hill. "Noon" appeared a little which to clean, scrub and re- too cool for a warm sunny day. paint a great deal of their int- "Sea Chasm" and "City Hall" 1provised gallery, and then hang both appeal. the show. If I may be permitted to With courageous initiative, offer some advice to the artists, and at the cost of a consider- able amount of perspiration, they managed the Job, and in the circumstances managtd it very well. The exhibition opens today we already have unfortunate and finishes next Wednesday. numbers.-JAMES WIENEKE. It will be open each evening until 10 o'clock, and is located in Power s building, 82 Queen; street-directly opposite King land King. :THESE two younger artists have worked hard and on sound lines. They are becoming well acquainted with the possi- bilities of the water colour medium, and their works reveal excellent promise. There have been times when they walked where angels might fear to tread, and of course made their mistakes. However that can be turned to advantage. In any case, they do show a worthy number of good pictures. Mr. Cowen paints one of his best in "Fallen Giants." It is rich, crisp and clean. "Noon- day Heat" captures fine quality of colour and feeling, except in the too hastily painted sky. 1'1%11 Chimneys" and "Sunlight and Shadow," each makes a very free and direct sketch, full e j of good drawing and sugges- tion. Unnecessarily forced is "Point Lookout" and con- sequently it goes astray. Mr. Hole preserves fresh luminosity and breadth in "Wits By The Tweed," and makes a capital water colour. Fascinating light has been painted into the "Life Boat." it would be this: do not be lead astray by a too easy method of expression. Such a course has only one ultimate result, "the furnishing picture"-of which Architecture Of Rare Beauty If you really care for things of great beauty, then you must see the collection of photo- graphic prints from Georgian architecture in. Northern Ire- land on show in the Lord Mayor's reception room. This splendid collection of examples from the lath cen- tury has been formed and circulated by the British Council, and will be shown throughout the British Em- pire. It well illustrates the importance of the 18th cen- tury work. Georgian is thoroughly Eng- lish, based of course on the English interpretation of classic architecture, with a love of re- fined form, both .simple and elegant and always narked by exquisite propoftion. Ulster is remarkably rich in these mellow compositions of brick. stone and rubble masonry. Whether it be a castle, a fine temple or church of Corinthian or Ionic influence. a gateway, a noble public building, a lively interior or a delightful farm house like something from Northern France or Holland, it is invariably a gem. Skilful photography has been used in recording these gems. The wealth of wonderful in - I crest and information avail- ,Iblc in this display will more than repay any visit: in fact it is a good bet that you will be completely absorbed for an icor at least. The exhibition will close on ,Yridny. May 28.-JAMES '11ENEKE.