Landing Ground jockey silks This elegant watercolour by Martin

This elegant watercolour by Martin Williams honours Count Fleet

but the promise of birthday cake and champagne

where tradition and adrenaline collide

as if preserving the golden hour of a perfect summer event

anticipatory energy unique to the Downs before the big race

Landing Ground jockey silks This elegant watercolour by MartinAlasdair BanksColoured oil on canvas 204 cm x 155 cm (80 inches x 61 inches) framed in satin black wood Abstract Expressionist Landing Ground (2009) is a commanding large scale composition that captures the unrelenting momentum of two racehorses locked in fierce competition. Banks' signature Abstract Expressionist style animates the canvas with kinetic energyfigures fractured into urgent strokes of scarlet, indigo, and chartreuse. The jockeys, hunched