In time, the gruel becomes so washy that a rebellious new generation of tradition-minded upstarts moves in and takes over.

No mad hooves galloping in the sky, But the weak, washy way of true tragedy-- A sick horse nosing around the meadow for a clean place to die.

Providing some highs are a small, washy painting of dominoes by Andre Masson, de-accessioned from the Tate Britain in London, at Elrick-Manley Fine Art.

Also puzzling are John Jurayj's loose and washy copies of seascapes by Manet, all made on same-size pieces of plywood; maybe they are instances of commodity-critique art.

His paintings are loose and washy figurative dreamscapes that make the viewer feel as if there's a thick gauze on the surface of the painting and a story book world floating behind it.

One extending 31 feet has red stripes on a blue field, calling to mind Barnett Newman; in another equally elephantine picture, loose, allover, washy, white-on-black hatching evokes Cy Twombly.

Mr. Goldings and Mr. Stewart have a rapport rooted in contrast: the warm, washy hum of the organ versus the tight chatter of a ride cymbal, high-hat and snare drum.

It looks as if they had fun, but the disheveled installation of big, washy pastoral paintings populated by centaurs and centauresses, along with some indifferent found objects and assemblages, doesn't live up to the promise of an intriguing conception (Johnson).

Then there were some washy keyboard noises, just a few, before the addition of the singer Nic Offer, who immediately shared a secret of the trade: "Only takes a little bit, a gleam or a glimmer/Only just a little bit, a shake or a shiver."