African Mother & Child Abstract — Original Batik on Paper

Tender, totemic, and radiating with the quiet power of maternal love — this original batik on paper is a tall, narrow-format abstract composition of a mother and child rendered as two intertwined elongated figures, their bodies rising together from the base of the composition beneath a large decorated vessel, set against a shimmering hand-dyed background of pink, green, yellow, purple, and white. The two figures are rendered in the artist's most distilled abstract style — long, tapering dark forms that rise side by side from the lower composition, their bodies filled with the artist's signature pattern marks: bold concentric spiral motifs on the left figure, bold diamond grid and cross-hatch marks on the right, and a bold vertical column of small circle dot marks running between them like a shared spine. At the top of the figures, two bold circle head forms emerge side by side — the larger left head with a bold yellow-green concentric ring, the smaller right head with a bold pink concentric ring — their closeness suggesting the inseparable bond of mother and child. Above both heads, a large wide bowl form with bold zigzag and oval dot marks is balanced overhead, its bold sweeping arc handle curving dramatically to the right. The background is a glorious hand-dyed field of crackled batik texture in soft pink, green, yellow, purple, and white — the characteristic crackle lines of the wax-resist process creating a warm, luminous surface. Presented in a tall black frame with wide white mount. A deeply moving work of great formal beauty and emotional warmth.

Details

• Original one-of-a-kind artwork — not a print or reproduction
• Batik on paper — traditional wax-resist hand-dyeing technique
• Subject: abstract mother & child figures beneath a decorated vessel
• Warm palette — pink, green, yellow, purple, white & deep black
• Classic batik crackle texture throughout the background
• Presented in tall black frame with wide white mount (included)
• Ready to hang — a perfect gift or collector's piece

Dimensions

• Framed: 20 inches (height) × 10 inches (width)
• Unframed: 12 inches (height) × 4 inches (width)