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Instinct

Status: Available

Available sizes: A4 (£65), A5 (£45)

Instinct print of an upright hare reaching towards red berries, hung in a black frame above a broad-leaved houseplant.
Instinct print of an upright hare reaching towards red berries, hung in a black frame above a broad-leaved houseplant.

A thin branch enters from the upper edge and meets the hare at the height of its raised paw, extending the animal’s upright posture into the space above. The body rises from dark grasses through a long torso to the lifted head and ears, while the second foreleg stays close to the chest. The large dark eye follows the same upward direction, keeping attention within the relation between animal and branch.

The background is a broad lilac-pink wash rather than a described landscape. Against it, the hare is assembled from white, blue, turquoise, ochre, brown and muted rose, with the small red forms on the branch providing the sharpest colour accents. Transparent watercolour builds the body in mottled passages, while darker linear marks define the branch, grasses, claws and selected edges. The contrast between the stable hind legs and the extended upper body gives the pose its alert, upward pull.