Freo Arts Centre is offering an interesting selection of visual tastes. Included are sophisticated works of digital prints on canvas and acrylic on canvas, finely painted expressions of the 'where do we come from, what are we, where are we going' genre, and some cleverly designed and well crafted items for enhancing the home.

Vermey's work in the Hall Gallery invites us to consider how the individual, and his/her place in the here and know, is a complicated connection to other people, times and places. Long ago men set sail in ships and navigated by the sun and stars to set foot on foreign soil. They risked life and limb in far flung lands on a quest for knowledge or riches and while promoting their own ideology to others, absorbed some of the other's ways to blur carefully drawn cultural lines. Today we can easily and safely explore distant places and access vast stores of information while sitting in front of a box in our own home by navigating a keyboard. Old lines become muted into new pixels.

With blurring and layering of colour and imagery such as bare feet on the ground, symbols from old maps and words from indecipherable pages of history, Vermey's series of triptychs The Borderline Pictures suggest early exploration, expansion and exploitation. His Bigger Picture, an installation of 16 digital prints, offers us a modern equivalent of exploring life in the fast lane of a modem downloading knowledge and vicarious experiences. The colours, blurred movement and layered images here give us a sense of excitement as we are overloaded with information. Thankfully, the lower right-hand print helps us keep our feet on the ground.

The who, what, where and why questions are asked again in the Main Gallery by Thomas Hoareau in his 6 large panels that compose My 6PR Painting. Like radio talk show hosts, Hoareau feels artists too send messages out through the ethers and wonder (hope) someone will be receptive to their ideas. But images and disembodied words will always be open to misinterpretation so one must let them go and allow the recipient to translate as their need dictates. Hoareau's meticulously painted panels host separate images depicting public and private spaces. Afternoon Shadows (Say Goodbye to Zebina St) is a excellent combination of opposites. On the left a nude stands indoors dappled in warm sunlight that plays with the sepia tones of the figure and interior. The right side of the panel offers a bright suburban streetscape of crisp summer greens and clear blue sky.

These panels, other unframed paintings and Hoareau's collection of painted suitcases would have been sufficient works for exhibition. Covering the gallery walls with 'paintings without expectations' was not a good idea. No doubt the 'sketches' are intended to show us the workings of the artist's mind and exercising his technique but too many of them are formless, dark and poorly drawn and should have been left pinned to the studio wall for private lessons, not public scrutiny.

Gallery 3 is filled with all manner of mirrors, wall cabinets, room dividers and a flower shower. The latter is a delightfully intricate floral concoction of copper and brass by Tim Darby and ideal for the outside rinse off at a beach house.

VoVo Design also evokes a smile with their funky, functional and colourful Jive Cabinet and GoGo Cabinet, each made from hand impressed aluminium laminate and decorative paint finish. They look like cartoon furniture that have jumped into reality.

And when it comes to room dividers, Simon Parsons offers an excellent minimalist trifold of jarrah, hoop pine ply and aluminium laminate entitled Blue Screen while Peter Ellery takes a large painting off the wall and attaches it to a Tasmanian oak stand with castors. Screen can function as a room divider or stand alone as a work of art and roll from room to room when needed.

All the artists/craftspeople in this exhibition display interesting and intriguing works, each well planned and executed to perfection.