Roseate Tern Retrodrome It is Kandinsky at his

It is Kandinsky at his most playful

layered tones that draw equally on Western landscape tradition and the woodblock aesthetic of shin-hanga

the graduated colour fields and precise edge work of this abstract composition are reproduced with exceptional clarity

The fish are shown in profile against a clean ground

Roseate Tern Retrodrome It is Kandinsky at hisThe Roseate Tern is captured here in the precise, elegant manner of classic 19th century ornithological illustration slender wings, forked tail, and the distinctive rosy blush of the breast rendered with quiet confidence. The bird is posed against a minimal, pale ground that allows every detail of the plumage to register clearly: the dark cap, the coral red bill, the delicate gradation of feather against feather. It is a study in restraint and