African Cubist Face in Deep Blue — Original Painting on Canvas
Haunting, powerful, and deeply expressive — this original signed painting on canvas is a bold, tall-format African cubist portrait of a fragmented face emerging from a deep blue ground, rendered in a rich palette of deep blue, terracotta, purple, magenta, orange, and teal. The large face dominates the canvas — its features fragmented and reassembled across bold rectangular panel zones in the cubist manner. Two large, heavy-lidded eyes with bold white pupils gaze outward from within their respective panels — the left eye set in a warm terracotta and brown panel with a bold green and yellow border and a bold black zigzag triangle band beneath; the right eye in a deep purple and grey panel with bold orange zigzag crown marks above. Between the eyes, the nose is suggested by a bold dark vertical division. The lower face is a rich mosaic of bold symbolic panels — on the left, a bold blue triangle and dot pattern panel; at the centre, a column of three white circle dots above a bold dark green concentric spiral motif; and on the right, a bold orange and red panel with yellow stripe marks and bold triangle motifs. At the very base, a bold magenta hourglass or bow-tie form anchors the composition. The deep blue background is textured with bold vertical brushstroke marks that give the entire canvas a rich, atmospheric depth. Signed by the artist in the lower right. A painting of raw psychological intensity and bold visual authority.
Details
- Original signed artwork — not a print or reproduction
- Acrylic on canvas
- Subject: fragmented African cubist face in deep blue atmospheric ground
- Rich palette — deep blue, terracotta, purple, magenta, orange, teal & white
- Bold rectangular panel zones with symbolic pattern motifs
- Signed by the artist
- Perfect as a statement wall piece or collector's artwork
Dimensions
- Canvas size: 36 inches (width) × 24 inches (height)
- Shipped rolled off the stretcher frame — ready to re-stretch or frame on arrival