The horse, the rider and the clown by Henri Matisse Julie de Graag with the vertical format giving

with the vertical format giving the tree a monumental presence

confident palette

The result is both intensely observed and wholly impressionistic: a garden remembered as feeling more than fact

Santhosh CH's layered textures and expressive mark-making are rendered with sharpness and subtlety on premium matte fine art paper

The horse, the rider and the clown by Henri Matisse Julie de Graag with the vertical format givingFrom Matisse's 'Jazz' series, 'The Horse, the Rider and the Clown' translates the spectacle of the circus ring into pure colour and silhouette. The three figures each rendered as a flat cut paper form are arranged with an almost childlike directness that belies Matisse's total compositional control. Deep blues and warm ochres anchor the scene, while the dynamic interplay between figure and ground gives the composition an energy that feels both