Fluid Abstract Forms Poster

Cut-paper shapes in forest green, brick red, navy, teal and mustard arrange themselves across a sage ground, overlapping just enough to suggest a figure that never quite assembles. The edges are torn and scissored rather than drawn, and the gouache inside them is streaked by the brush. A small black form rests at the bottom like a bird, and a single yellow dot floats top right. The sage ground is painted, not flat, which keeps the colours from shouting. It is playful work with a serious sense of balance. Nothing in it is symmetrical, and the balance holds anyway.

The mix of deep green, red and mustard gives this print more colour than most, so it belongs on a wall that can take it: a living room, a studio or a home office. The sage ground ties it to olive and sand textiles, and each cut-out colour offers a thread to pick up elsewhere. A natural oak frame keeps it warm; black gives the shapes a harder edge. On canvas the painted ground reads closer to the original, which is what this image wants.