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Three race horses sprint out on the home stretch at the Pimlico Raceway in Baltimore, Maryland for a possible trifecta for the crowd of race enthusiasts. The white horse in the center (#7) looks to have the edge as the chestnut horse on the right and its jockey strive hard to make their move from 2nd place. The dark brown horse on the left (#4) shows promise for a 3rd place showing. This fast-action watercolor painting reveals the geometric abstraction approach that characterizes artist David Ralph's "Geoformist" style.

David Ralph is a contemporary artist and illustrator currently living in Maryland. David's style of painting and illustration can best be described as geometric abstraction with influences ranging from the cubist paintings of Pablo Picasso to the primitive, cutout shapes of Henri Matisse. Other notable influences for David were Paul Cezanne's fragmented landscapes and the geometrically-divided, flat-color canvases of Piet Mondrian. To David, the simple elegance of the curve, the line, and the circle create the ideal two-dimensional plain of visual interest and appeal. And, to add color intensity, value contrast and balance to this space - along with repetition, texture and pattern - is to create a perfect harmony. It is to this goal that...