Sunell Lombard's solo exhibition, currently on show in the Edinburgh Gallery of the Bermuda Society of Arts, can be characterised as cartoonish and caricaturish. Yet having said that, her technique is also detailed and painstaking. Her observations of the foibles of human nature are acute and although on the dark side, her artistic expressions are graced with a pointed sense of humour.

Ms Lombard, who hails from South Africa, arrived in Bermuda with her vision of people already well intact and quite quickly she became a participant in the Bermuda art scene, by observing and depicting ordinary Bermudians going about their everyday activities, as can be seen in her 'Bus Slaves', presently on view in the National Gallery's Biennial.

This is not Ms Lombard's first solo exhibition, however. Back in 2009, she had an exhibition at the BSoA called 'This Is Bat Country' in which she showed one of her graphic novels, entitled 'The Chronicles of Leonard & Jobe'. It was in this show that I first came across Ms Lombard's unique depictions of humanity. I remember being struck by their affinity to the drawings and lithographs of the 19th Century French caricaturist, Honoré Daumier. It seems that the satirical drawings of Goya are also an influence. However, before my ever having seen her art, she was a volunteer at the Bermuda Society of Arts and the Bermuda National Gallery and it was under those circumstances that we met. After getting my mind around her unusual first name, I thought it a fitting one for someone with such a sunny outlook, but when I encountered her works and their satirical nature, I realised that here is a complex, deep thinking individual who, somehow, is able to balance all the complexities of her nature.

Her current exhibition, entitled 'My Uglies', consists of 35 works, including a short animated film called 'Week Little Fool', which certainly recalls the animated films of her compatriot, contemporary South African artist, William Kentridge and certainly his work has been an influence on her artistic development. The major portion of her exhibition is, however, devoted to drawings and paintings, one being a graphic novel called 'The Date', which depicts a date between a pig and a dog. The poor dog is done-in by the pig, so it's quite the date.

For those who need a more detailed description of the graphic novel, however, it is a narrative work in which a story is conveyed by using sequential pictures, as in the comic format. This format is closely related to animation and in the stills from 'Week Little Fool', which are exhibited along side the film, this relationship is clearly evident.

Sunell Lombard admits to finding people fascinating. She states in her artist statement that the less perfect aspects of humanity appeals to her more than the "pretty and polished". Often in depicting these less flattering qualities, we impose them on certain animals, such as the pig or the dog, as in 'Week Little Fool'.

The Sunell Lombard exhibition continues through today, which means there is not much time to see it, nevertheless it is one that is important to see. It is a thoughtful, high quality exhibition.