Louise Giovanelli’s signed lithograph Tide (2024) presents a tightly cropped view of cascading hair, rendered in warm copper, auburn and honeyed tones. While clearly figurative in origin, the image is stripped of narrative and bodily context. The radical close-up and vertical compression push the limited edition print toward abstraction, transforming strands of hair into a rhythmic sequence of undulating lines and luminous bands of light.

Giovanelli emphasises surface and flatness, allowing highlights to glide across the curved forms while darker passages recede into velvety shadow. The controlled tonal gradations and precise linear articulation create a sense of depth that is immediately countered by the shallow pictorial space. As a result, the figurative-abstract artwork hovers between sensual detail and formal composition, exemplifying her characteristic interplay between representation and abstraction.

Published in an edition of 60 in 2024, this fine art print on wove paper is hand-signed and numbered in pencil.