Ovada, once again, is showing a great display of new, creative works with its exhibition Informal Elements, including, mainly, works by painters. I particularly liked three artists.

First, Rosie Snell, who produced three huge paintings of natural views with camouflage, such as Hide and Seek where you first see a forest and then a helicopter in the background. There is a photographic effect with the leaves in the first 'plan' being out of focus as with the snow drops in the more funny Bunkerkanonen. Also worth seeing are her two pencil on paper works in the second viewing room.

Eleanor Moreton's three smaller paintings are also quite striking. Again, this style is figurative yet more generous with the oil on the canvas. There are beautiful combinations of colours. I particularly liked Mary-Anne Waiting inspired by Millais' Mariana. The three paintings on cardboard play more with grotesque, in Coffee Couple for example.

But my favourite works, and for the second time on display at Ovada, are Jaya Mansberger's. Her paintings are non-figurative yet not completely abstract. I was particularly struck by the beauty of The Sigh of the Sky and the two other paintings surrounding it These Dark Days and To Begin. Her influences are multiple but in recent years, rococo and the works of Fragonard have been an inspiration for her.

There were also works by Luke Skiffington, Alan Franklin, Aaron Fickling, Alice Browne. In all, a very high quality exhibition. Thank you Ovada!