Three African Women with Vessels — Original Batik on Paper

Monumental, sensuous, and radiating with feminine power — this original batik on paper is a bold, close-up landscape-format portrait of three African women standing together, each balancing a large decorated vessel on her head, their voluptuous forms filling the canvas from edge to edge against a blazing hand-dyed background of hot pink, magenta, and lavender. The three women are rendered in a near-symmetrical arrangement — the leftmost figure stands in profile with a long elegant neck and a composed face, her arm raised to steady a wide flat bowl decorated with bold white dot marks around its rim; the central figure faces forward with a bold concentric spiral garment in deep black and a large round vessel with bold star and geometric pattern marks balanced overhead, her hand raised gracefully; the rightmost figure stands in profile facing inward, her garment a bold vertical stripe pattern in deep black, her vessel a wide flat bowl. All three figures share the artist's signature elongated, curvaceous body forms — their lower bodies wide, rounded columns tapering to narrow waists, filled with bold spiral, zigzag chevron, and dot pattern marks in deep black. A bold horizontal stripe band in deep black runs across the lower composition like a ground line, anchoring all three figures. The background is a glorious hand-dyed field of crackled batik texture in blazing hot pink, magenta, and lavender — the characteristic crackle lines of the wax-resist process creating a vibrant, energetic surface. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Presented in a classic black frame with white mount. A painting of extraordinary sensuous beauty and cultural pride.

Details

• Original one-of-a-kind artwork — not a print or reproduction
• Batik on paper — traditional wax-resist hand-dyeing technique
• Subject: three voluptuous African women with decorated vessels
• Blazing palette — hot pink, magenta, 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)