Battle Zone Roy Miller letting the horse’s form dissolve

letting the horse’s form dissolve into sweeping arcs of colour and texture

their bodies aligned in a shared sense of purpose

and adrenaline

A cavalcade of racehorses thunder toward the finishing post

The large-scale composition fuses heritage with modernity

Battle Zone Roy Miller letting the horse’s form dissolveAlasdair BanksColoured oil on canvas 200 cm x 165 cm (78 inches x 65 inches) Abstract Expressionist Battle Zone (2025) is a monumental exploration of equine power and competitive fury by Alasdair Banks. Rendered in sweeping, gestural layers of crimson, ochre, and obsidian, the painting captures a pack of jockeys and horses locked in a frenzied charge. The figures, abstracted and electrified, surge forward with unrelenting force, dissolving into a