KENNETH MARTIN
“The Retreat, Essex, 1944” (Leicester Galleries)
and window. But although his colour is invariably lowkeyed, his rhythm is somehow faster and his colour pulsates with a quietly intense glow; patterns and forms are clearly and decisively calculated. MacBryde is no revolutionary, but his work has serenity, confidence and sincerity: unusual qualities in a young painter.
In 1943, Kenneth Martin held his first exhibition at the Leicester Galleries and his work is fairly well known by now. I have not met anyone yet who does not get a tremendous amount of pleasure from Martin’s handling of colour: sensuous and yet beautifully restrained. His pastels are always worth seeing: all
ALICIA BOYLE
“Fishermen and Trees” (Peter Jones’ Gallery)