The exhibition recently concluded at the Centre Gallery of some forty original and extremely interesting prints of etchings and engravings by the two Auckland artists Louise Henderson and Kees Hos was well worth the visit. These two artists are fine craftsmen in the graphic arts and perhaps the most satisfying aspect of the show is the fact that many of the prints of the same work were available in different colour schemes.

Of the two lithographers I found Henderson the more interesting stylistically, though equally valid reasons could be advanced for the preferment of Hos "The Sisters" by Henderson really was delightful, it was truly an original and individual work, as was also "A Flight of Birds" and "The Lost World." These three were some of the best in the whole show. They are marked by a definite thematic unity and were, possibly, conceived under the influence of either early Egyptian or Etruscan art forms. Of the work of Hos, his "Bush" was outstanding. "Lace" and "Lost City" were interesting and skilful works.

There is a difference in the styles of the two painters though at first sight they would appear to be one: perhaps this is due to the similarity in range of colour. Greens, browns, golds and oranges are muted to forge a common and pleasant colour material. Most of the prints are of a non-representative nature, though this tendency is more marked in Hos; his "Cosmic Radar" being the apotheosis of stractionism.