Rafiqun Nabi's "Teknaf's side" has a pristine landscape with hills, houses, boats, clouds and the water done in simple strokes of beige, white and blue. Shahabuddin's "Advance" has the wonderful effect of soldiers in motion, striking out their hands to shoot as they go forward. This has beige, brown, blue and black strokes to bring in the moving figures. "Women in the garden" by Monirul Islam has fine strokes of blue seen against yellow and white. One felt that one was seeing through panels of duck-egg-blue walls. "Ballad and faces" by Abdul Shakoor Shah brought in some striking figurative entries in the exhibit with the portrait of two village women with an old man in the middle. Dotted and flecked birds stand out against the vermilion background that form the setting of the pale clothes and the dark faces of the subjects. Calligraphy is included at the top and bottom of the painting.

An ethereal landscape is seen in Biren Shome's "Early morning in Bandarban" where floating jade and emerald strokes form hills and trees. Soft shades of blue and mauve along with white bring in the enveloping pale clouds. Another depiction of the same place is seen in Hamiduzzaman Khan's painting only this is done in dark contrasting shades of brown, blue and black. Both the paintings speak of peace and harmony. Sporting bobbed hair and "dupattas" are "Two friends" by Abdus Sattar. The strokes and colours have an Oriental touch, with the turquoise and brown hues maintaining a transparency. In sharp contrast, poverty, hunger and deprivation are seen in Kalidas Karmakar's "Eternal cry" where one is confronted with a bearded beggar bearing a child at his breast.

A river scene along with struggling humans are seen in Jamal Ahmed's "Riverside". Vertical strokes of blue, yellow, green and mauve bring in the sky and the water, while women and children are seen walking across. Another subject taken from nature is Mokhlesur Rahman's "Ashuiner green" where one is confronted with giant water lilies, smiling from their beds of green and black. Showkatuzzaman's "Sunset" is a superb depiction of ferns, briars, thorns and twigs seen against an orange disc of the setting sun.

Rokeya Sultana's "Relation" has two kneeling female forms seen against a backdrop of blues and gold. "Prani in the garden" by Kanak Chanpa Chakma has a Hill Tracts beauty with her flowered skirt and heavy silver jewellery.

The figure is in shades of blue with light falling to the right that brings in the flowers in red, blue and white, along with a broad streak of yellow sunlight. Based on the same theme is Ranjit Das's "Tribal girl" that presents a young woman dressed in heavy jewellery, playing different flutes. Abul Barak Alvi's "Composition" bears lines, texture work and doodles in brown against gold and white. Geometrical forms of circles, triangles, squares and rectangles are seen against gray and beige in Swapan Chowdury's "Nature and time". Stirring and imaginative is Goutum Chakraborty's "Horse" which has human legs and streaking mane of green, as it is seen striding across an expanse of green.

Qayyum Chowdhury's "Green village" brings in houses, trees and green meadows along with a female face. A simple sketch bringing in human forms are seen in Debdas Chokroborty's "Two women and a bird". A gold disc with outlines of faces is seen in Syed Jehangir's "Face to face" so that the image looks like some old, much-used gold coin. Bringing in more abstraction were Samarjit Roy Chowdury's "Past memory", Abu Taher's "Image of the day" and Shamsul Islam Nizami's "Composition". In contrast is Mustafa Manuar's "Bandarvan" with hills and trees brought in sweeps of greens and grays which conveys an impressionistic effect. Also, moving to realism, is Murtaja Baseer's "Blossom" which depicts a young woman in red, seen standing near some flowers suspended from the wall.

The 127 art works by 87 artists present a wide variety of accomplished art works by established artists which should draw gallery-goers.