Quicksand (Part 4) by HENRY HU Ethel Reed It carries the sense of

It carries the sense of a child’s honest engagement with great art

The palette is soft but purposeful

Deep teals

form — with the confidence of a practitioner who understands how much tension a composition can hold before it breaks

Un Oiseau et deux papillons (La Journée d’été) captures the essence of natural forms rendered in Fernand Léger's distinctive contemporary style

Quicksand (Part 4) by HENRY HU Ethel Reed It carries the sense ofQuicksand (Part 4) reaches one of the series' most compressed moments. The compositional space narrows forms press in from the edges and the centre holds an almost claustrophobic density. Henry Hu works with accumulated layers that read as geological rather than gestural, as if the surface has been deposited rather than painted. Yet there is nothing accidental here; the structure is precise beneath its apparent weight. The palette is its darkest in