Now here's an exhibition that's aptly named. This collection of floral paintings pulsates with high key colour and rhythmic line.

Gibson-Baumont certainly understands how to manipulate colour relationships and tonal values in an energetic manner. She also understands how the activity of her twisting leaves and reaching blossoms must be tempered by areas of calm within the painting. For example in Scarlet's Petals a bevy of red blooms and green leaves collect over, around and between two solid brown earthenware urns that serve as islands of stability in this active image. Again in Fuchsia the flowers rain down over flat ground colour and Glen Forrest Mix offers a riot of wild flowers with areas of stillness.

The artist also recognizes how line can suggest as well as articulate aspects of the subject. Many of the petals are defined by black line placed amid splotches of colour while solid objects have their hard edges drawn with a firm line. Gibson-Baumont can draw well however there are more then a few examples where solid objects are depicted askew. In some instances, like Kerry's Favourite, the distortion adds to the overall composition and may in fact be deliberate. However in others, like Apricot Summer where the rounded fruit doesn't fit in the lop-sided bowl, it detracts form the otherwise fine work.

Along with areas of flat colour, the artist employs other compositional devices to stabilize crowded compositions. Consider how the very busy image Fruit Salad employs strong verticals such as tall bottles, window frames and broad candy stripes in the background to control the joyous array of 'stuff' on the patterned tablecloth. Although there is a sense of spontaneity in this work, the ideal placement of objects attests to the artist's ability to give the work a secure structure to provide visual stability.

Unfortunately the framing really doesn't do anything to enhance these exhibits. In almost every instance the coloured mounts either fight with or detract from the painting and the heavy dark wood frames shouldn't surround such light and delightful work. Nonetheless, this is an exhibition worth seeing and enjoying for the sheer joy of colour.