Terracotta and rust sweep across the surface of 'Let’s Clay', Werner Bronkhorst’s aerial meditation on clay-court tennis — a work in which raw earth pigment and sculptural paint build a landscape that feels as much geological as it is athletic. Viewed from directly above, the court dissolves into an abstract field of warm oxide reds and ochres, its dragged, granular texture evoking the raked grit of a Roland Garros baseline. Against this monumental terrain, hyperrealist miniature figures compete with quiet ferocity — players caught mid-rally, rendered with the fine-detail brushwork that defines Bronkhorst’s signature technique.

'Let’s Clay' belongs to Bronkhorst’s CRACK collection, a body of work in which the artist pushes his process further by embedding raw acrylic polymer and oxide pigments directly into the support, producing surfaces of striking materiality and depth.

The composition of 'Let's Clay' forms part of the artist’s ongoing dialogue with what he calls the “Rothko tennis court” — pure colour field as competitive arena — where abstraction and sport collapse into a single, charged image. Werner Bronkhorst’s central philosophical proposition holds that scale is the defining lens of human experience: seen from above, every player, every person, is a miniature navigating a world far larger than themselves.

The 2026 limited-edition print is produced on heavyweight canvas with long-lasting archival inks; a format specially chosen by the artist to preserve every nuance of his painting’s textured surface. Collectors seeking to acquire works by one of the most compelling ultra-contemporary artists today are invited to enquire through Dellasposa Gallery in London.