The Dance That Holds Us (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Samantha Malone

"The Dance That Holds Us" is a large abstract painting filled with movement, rhythm, and symbolic energy. Built through layers of acrylic paint, the work brings together bold shapes, textured markings, and expressive brushwork to create a composition that feels both structured and alive.

Deep blues, turquoise, cream, mustard, orange, and purple move across the canvas, forming abstract dancers that seem to gather, shift, and respond to one another. The structured background holds the movement in place, giving the painting a sense of balance, connection, and quiet tension.

Part of my "Forma Collection" that explores abstract dancers under the moonlight.

Medium: Acrylic paint on gallery grade canvas.

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The artwork was painted on un-stretched Italian cotton canvas, with a 6 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 130.5 x 3cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative