African Village Hut with Three Figures — Original Batik on Paper

Intimate, symbolic, and quietly poetic — this original batik on paper is a tall, narrow-format composition of three elongated abstract figures standing beneath the bold triangular roof of a traditional African hut, their long sinuous bodies rising from the base of the composition like roots or pillars, rendered in deep black with intricate hand-drawn pattern details against a shimmering hand-dyed background of pink, rose, yellow, and white. The three figures are rendered in the artist's most distilled abstract style — long, tapering dark forms that rise from the lower composition and curve gently at their tops, each one topped with a small bold circle head: the leftmost with a bold pink concentric spiral mark, the central with a warm peach circle, and the rightmost with a bold pink concentric ring. Their bodies are filled with the artist's signature pattern marks — bold concentric spiral motifs, bold square and rectangle grid marks, and fine dot texture fills in deep black and teal. Above them, a bold dark triangular roof form with bold parallel diagonal line marks crowns the composition like a protective shelter, its two dark column supports framing the figures beneath. The background is a glorious hand-dyed field of crackled batik texture in soft pink, rose, yellow, 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 tender, symbolic work celebrating shelter, community, and belonging.

Details

• Original one-of-a-kind artwork — not a print or reproduction
• Batik on paper — traditional wax-resist hand-dyeing technique
• Subject: three abstract figures beneath a traditional African hut roof
• Warm palette — pink, rose, yellow, 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)