Downtempo 1 by Dan Hobday Ernst Kirchner The turquoise-toned fish is rendered

The turquoise-toned fish is rendered in profile against a plain ground

secondary details dissolved into suggestion — a balance that defines his mature kacho-e style

almost windswept arrangement of its petals

presents a curated collection of insects with the systematic rigour and visual elegance that distinguished 19th-century scientific illustration

Downtempo 1 by Dan Hobday Ernst Kirchner The turquoise-toned fish is renderedDowntempo 1 by Dan Hobday settles into a quiet, unhurried register soft tones layered with the restraint that characterises his Devon landscape informed practice. Abstraction and nature blur at the edges: shapes that might be hills, water, or simply colour finding its level. The Japandi sensibility is unmistakable deliberate negative space, a muted palette, compositional calm. Hobday's mixed media approach lends the work a gentle textural quality,