African Woman in the City at Night — Original Batik on Paper

Bold, complex, and pulsing with urban nocturnal energy — this original batik on paper is a tall, narrow-format composition of an African woman striding through a dense city night scene, her elongated figure surrounded by bold abstract architectural and organic forms, rendered in deep black with intricate hand-drawn pattern details against a shimmering hand-dyed background of purple, lavender, pink, and teal. The central figure is a tall, angular woman in mid-stride — her small round head with a bold circle mark balanced atop a long neck, her body a column of bold fish-scale or net pattern marks in deep black, her legs long and angular beneath her. She carries a wide flat bowl or tray on her head, its surface decorated with bold grid-pattern marks. Around her, the composition is a dense, interlocking arrangement of bold abstract forms — on the left, a large bold purple concentric spiral disc and a bold arc form suggest a wheel or cosmic body; at the upper right, a tall dark triangular form with bold diagonal line marks rises like a building or sail; and in the lower foreground, bold sweeping arc and spiral forms in deep black fill the ground around her feet like roots or city infrastructure. The background is a glorious hand-dyed field of crackled batik texture in purple, lavender, pink, and teal — the characteristic crackle lines of the wax-resist process creating a rich, atmospheric nocturnal surface. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Presented in a tall black frame with wide white mount. A work of great visual complexity and urban energy.

Details

• Original one-of-a-kind artwork — not a print or reproduction
• Batik on paper — traditional wax-resist hand-dyeing technique
• Subject: African woman striding through abstract city night scene
• Rich nocturnal palette — purple, lavender, pink, teal & deep black
• Classic batik crackle texture throughout the background
• Presented in tall black frame with wide white mount (included)
• Ready to hang — a perfect statement piece or collector's artwork

Dimensions

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