Impressive

Although painted in 1948, "Bellinis Christ and Lyttelton Harbour," with its rich colour mixture and Bellini overtones, is impressive. Other notable works include oils, water colours, and pen and washes of landscapes—the best of which is perhaps "Mountain at Sunset." a large oil painted this year.

Woolleston's work is largely expressionism—a movement started around the turn of the century by French and German painters in search for expressiveness of style by means of exaggerations and distortions of line and colour in order to create a more emotional impact. He has developed in this mode of artistic expression a monumental sophisticated simplicity which remains individual and distinct from the mainstream of New Zealand Art.