Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Hokusai The matte paper surface ensures

The matte paper surface ensures full colour accuracy without glare

every feather implied rather than stated

not a loosening of Morris's characteristic discipline

There is a collage-like sensibility at work here: the image feels assembled rather than drawn

Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Hokusai The matte paper surface ensuresThe tree peony holds a different character from its herbaceous counterpart more architectural, the bloom sitting atop a woody stem with a stateliness that Kazumasa captures with evident appreciation. In deep, saturated crimson, the petals cup inward at the centre, surrounding a cluster of golden stamens that punctuate the richness of the red. His collotype technique renders the gradations from petal edge to heart with exceptional accuracy, preserving