Built to Move (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Samantha Malone

"Built to Move" is a large-scale abstract painting that brings together structure, rhythm, and movement through a series of abstract dancers woven into a dynamic composition. Geometric forms and curved lines interact across the surface, suggesting figures in motion—connected, shifting, and responding to one another within a shared space.

The color palette balances earthy tones with more vibrant accents, creating both grounding and energy. Warm browns, ochres, and soft neutrals sit alongside moments of red, blue, and green, allowing the eye to travel across the canvas and discover new relationships between forms.

Built up through multiple layers, the painting carries a tactile quality, where gestures, marks, and textures accumulate over time. The result is a composition that feels both constructed and alive—where abstract dancers emerge through color, form, and movement, inviting the viewer to find their own connections within the work.

This artwork is part of my Forma Collection, where abstract figures and structured compositions come together to explore movement, balance, and the relationship between form and expression.

Medium: Acrylic paint on gallery grade canvas.

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The artwork was painted on un-stretched Italian cotton canvas, with a 6-7 cm border left for stretching onto a canvas frame. This artwork is shipped rolled in a tube for safe international delivery and can be affordably stretched at your local framing store.

Shipping: The artwork is shipped in a tube via DHL Express.

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Materials used:

acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 93.5 x 179 x 3cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative

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