Battle Zone Roy Miller letting the horse’s form dissolve

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

The large-scale composition fuses heritage with modernity

their bodies aligned in a shared sense of purpose

yet sharply defined by expressive

gestural strokes and bold contrasts of colour

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