My first introduction to David Gregson's work harks back to the late 1950's when I was furnishing a large old West Perth home on very little money and, consequently, practically living in this marvellous artist's equally marvellous brother's auction rooms, surrounded by David's eye-riveting, far larger-than-life murals.  I was enormously impressed and have continued to be so over the years.

Gregson's approach to art hasn't stood still.  His presentations are always fresh, his colour spectra (and he's surely one of Australia's finest colourists) happy, uplifting to the viewer.  In this current show, many of the works not only convincingly convey the softly roseate light of late afternoon hazing rooftops and fields, but also succeeds in bringing the same benign warm glow into his interiors. Jean's Salon in particular, depicts a round, red-clothed table and five chairs that literally bask in the golden, ripe apricot blush of the sun's last rays pouring through an old, deeply set, open casement window.  One can almost smell the perfume of Provence.

Both interior and outdoor scenes invite exploration, more perhaps than the few still lifes that include mackerel on a platter, rather cubist floral arrangements, though the last certainly continue to express Gregson's gaily primaveral colour palette.

A selection of unframed plein-air gouaches appeal (both visually and price-wise) with subjects of Provencal market days, al fresco cafes, street scenes, four blue cars parked (so aesthetically) against a grey walled building ...

Incidentally, the artist's frames are of his own hand-carving, they are simple, honest and absolutely right for his canvases.