Oost-Indische kers by Julie de Graag Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Graphic Interventions Alice Straker's thickly applied paint

Alice Straker's thickly applied paint gives the crustaceans real physical weight — their coral tones pop against the yellow with an energy that is immediate and joyful

nothing competing with the subject

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

a balance typical of Hu's practice: formally precise

Oost-Indische kers by Julie de Graag Gallery Wall Nico Tracey - Graphic Interventions Alice Straker's thickly applied paintOost Indische kers (Nasturtium) shows Julie de Graag working at the intersection of close botanical study and pure graphic design. The round, shield like leaves are arranged with deliberate asymmetry, their overlapping forms creating a layered rhythm across the picture plane. Engraved on end grain wood, the lines achieve a fineness rarely possible in the medium stems, veins, and petal edges rendered with the control of an illustrator and the boldness