Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Material:225g Fine Art Paper The mood is warm without

The mood is warm without being sentimental

the gradation handled with the controlled spontaneity of the Shijo school

In 'Jeune fille accoudée'

yet the visual language is entirely modern: non-representational

Sekka understood that abstraction and ornamentation are not opposites

Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Material:225g Fine Art Paper The mood is warm withoutHoffstad's illustration of Pinus silvestris the Scots pine confronts one of Scandinavian nature's most architecturally complex subjects. The image documents the pine's distinctive features with botanical rigour: needle clusters in paired fascicles, the asymmetric cone, the characteristic bark texture suggested through careful line rather than heavy shading. There is something almost contemplative about the composition the tree reduced to its essential