Horseman 1946

This Escher print, *Horseman*, locks into place, repeating like some infinite pattern, like a wallpaper that goes on forever. I can imagine Escher drafting and redrafting it. Look at the way the horses interlock! Some are light, some are dark, and they all fit together so perfectly that the negative space almost disappears. What's so striking is how the artist has managed to find these shapes that seamlessly transition in the interlocking design to create a tessellated surface. Escher was probably thinking about math and geometry when he made it. There are patterns everywhere you look. The more you look, the more you appreciate the artist's technical skill. It’s like he’s saying that math and art aren’t so different after all. They’re just different ways of seeing the world, and like so many artists, they’re in an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. What do you see?