The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-15

depend. Tonight it will in all pfooat,
biiity be decided whether the CLUB Is u
continue or to wind up it's alalIs'
About $50 water colors by MISS
Amelia NJ. Watson and Miss Edith D
Watson Of East windsor hills Ct'' nave
been hung at the Davis art galleries
on Elm street, and if they 40 mo-
tract a large number of peOple LUIS Is9
the ten DAVIS that they are to De lnsl .
it will be a surprise. Amelia watson
has exhibited at the Boston Art olu LUZ
the New York Water Color cruz az ~,
the American Water Color socie iSy,+d -
New York; her sister has eNhl ILrtt,s
with success at Williams d EEeIet ?
in Boston, at Gills in Sprlhgnelu anu
at Eckhardt's in Hartford. A.,
The exhibition is interesting from tlie
geographical as we'll as the artlstlc
point OF view for these 15O pictures
show scenes painted in states al the
way from Maine and Nova Scotia vi
the north to Florida and Bermuda on
the south, with their contrasting az
mospheres, lights and colors. Aliions
the charming pictures shown by AIIle-
liza Watson are a group OF SIX taken
in and about Stowe, VT, which are re-
markable in their atmospheric quallty
and the breadth of treatment. "A
mountain home" Life Everlasting IN
high pastures" (Which is bit OF au-
tumn pasture half covered with the
scentless white flower called Life ever,
lasting and turning bfackenl FRS
snow" In Vermont" and From MI
Mansfield" all display admirable quail
ties in their strength and individual
ty. Another group upon the opposite
wall is from the Blue Ridge of Nortf
Carolina and Virginia, which in Ten
nessee become the Great Smokes. one
of the loveliest things in the collector
is the view of the Shenandoah valley
from Strong Man mountain, in Whlcf
a thicket of pink azaleas in the fore
ground shuts off half the view of the
valley, pallid and misty, below, and th'
amphitheatre of purple hill faint in the
distance. The fresh greens and deer
puppies of those mountain pictures are
delightful. Other pictures are OF the
flame colored azaleas that light the
North Carolina woods, the laurel groves
and rhododendron clusters.
In sharp contrast to these grave
beauties are the bright Florida scenes
some of which are very striking in
subject and technique, and as showing
with the Others Miss Watson's range
of power. FLORIDA pines" "a hospi-
table tree" and "Anclote river" are
noticeable in their color schemes, anc
their weird, often grotesque effects, but
there are other pictures along the Gull
of Mexico that are bathed in the warm
rich, southern lights and sunset glowS
of the great semi-tropical peninsula.
Miss Edith Watson's work ranges
from Digby and Monhegan to Bermuda
and displays an unusual gift for ma
ture. "Raquette Flats, Digby," 'Vic-
toria Beach" and Sunset, Digby' are
three of the most interesting. 1t would
be hard to find more exquisite worE
than some of these pictures. "Digby
CUT gives a beautiful picture of the
Annapolis basin, with lovely reflections
of orange and green in the still waters
Martha's Vineyard, too, is responsible
for at least two sketches that are re-
markably effective-"On the Downs
and The Eyebrow" Marbiehead and
Gloucester, in their quaint picturesque
ness, are fascinating at her hands The
Bermuda scenes seem a little bizarre
and unnatural in their glory Of light
and shadow and clear-cut perspectives
but they, too, are charming.
There are many other pictures of botf
sisters that it would be a pleasure tC
mention in particular. Perhaps it may
not be out of place to observe thai
Christmas is coming, and that some OF
these good pictures may well remain
in the city as gifts to our friends.