The Scar's of Victory II

DescriptionThis striking series by Richard Ryder, printed on gallery-wrapped linen, draws strength from its raw materiality and tonal subtlety. The textured linen base becomes part of the composition, enhancing the atmospheric washes and gestural linework that ripple across each piece. Tones of slate, fog, ash, taupe, and soft bronze shift and blend like oxidised metal or moody skies—anchoring the work in an elemental, weathered palette. Each artwork feels like a window into changing terrain, with scratch-like marks and layered depth evoking erosion, memory, and movement. Unified by a sense of quiet tension, the series invites pause and introspection—suspended somewhere between landscape and abstraction, permanence and impermanence.