Landing Ground jockey silks anticipatory energy unique to the

anticipatory energy unique to the Downs before the big race

where tradition and adrenaline collide

but the promise of birthday cake and champagne

framed in cream wood with gold inner slip

Landing Ground jockey silks anticipatory energy unique to theAlasdair 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