African Village Scene with Two Women & Palm Tree — Original Batik on Paper

Atmospheric, narrative, and glowing with the warm pink light of an African afternoon — this original batik on paper is a richly detailed landscape-format village scene of two African women walking together beneath a tall palm tree and a large bare baobab, set against a blazing hand-dyed background of hot pink, magenta, gold, and lavender. The two women dominate the lower foreground — the leftmost figure walks in profile with a bold spiral-pattern garment in deep black and a large round decorated vessel balanced on her head, its surface covered in bold geometric marks; the second figure beside her wears a bold grid and diamond-pattern garment and carries a smaller vessel, her body turned slightly toward the first. Between them, a bold palm tree with a beaded trunk of stacked round forms rises to the upper left, its bold dark fronds fanning outward across the upper composition. To the right, a massive bare baobab tree with bold sweeping branch forms fills the upper right of the composition, its trunk a bold dark column with fine vertical line marks. Behind the two women, the rooftops of traditional village huts with bold diagonal-line thatched roofs and bold rectangular window forms are visible in the middle ground. The background is a glorious hand-dyed field of crackled batik texture in blazing hot pink, magenta, gold, and lavender — the characteristic crackle lines of the wax-resist process creating a warm, luminous surface. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Presented in a classic black frame with white mount. A painting of great warmth, narrative richness, and African village beauty.

Details

• Original one-of-a-kind artwork — not a print or reproduction
• Batik on paper — traditional wax-resist hand-dyeing technique
• Subject: two African women walking beneath a palm tree & baobab in a village scene
• Blazing palette — hot pink, magenta, gold, lavender & deep black
• Classic batik crackle texture throughout the background
• Presented in black frame with white mount (included)
• Ready to hang — perfect as a statement piece or collector's artwork

Dimensions

• Framed: 20 inches (height) × 22 inches (width)
• Unframed: 12 inches (height) × 16 inches (width)