Any Which Way - Original Artwork

Any Which Way is a psychedelic collision of colour and form. A female figure stands right of centre, her silhouette layered with vibrant florals and pattern work that bleed through like a double exposure. She's caught mid-stride, confident, tattooed with imagery. Hot pink dominates the right side of the composition. Deep magenta, searing and unapologetic.

To her left, a stylised flower rises from geometric ground. Orange and pink petals radiate from a sun-yellow centre. Behind both figure and bloom, organic shapes undulate across the picture plane—curves of cream, turquoise, aubergine, teal. These forms aren't decorative. They create spatial depth, pushing and pulling the eye through layers of transparent ink.

The lower third transitions into radiating stripes. Lime green, lemon yellow, tangerine, burnt orange. They fan outward like a sunrise viewed through a kaleidoscope. Energy moves upward through the print. There's a signature bottom left, hand-signed in a darker tone.

This is original artwork. Not an edition. A unique hand-pulled screenprint that exists once. The term matters because screenprinting typically produces multiples, but this piece stands alone. Every layer was pulled individually on Oli's press in Hertfordshire. No digital shortcuts. No mechanical reproduction.

The layering process here is complex. At least ten separate screens, possibly more. The background shapes went down first—those large organic forms establishing the colour field. Then the figure, printed in a way that allows underlying layers to show through. The floral patterning within her outline required precise registration. The foreground flower and radiating stripe work came next, each demanding its own screen, its own pull. Finally, the deep saturated pinks that anchor the right side.

The aesthetic pulls from 1960s psychedelia and 1970s counterculture graphics. There's Wes Wilson in those organic curves. Peter Max in the colour saturation. But filtered through a contemporary lens—street art energy, digital collage thinking executed in analogue craft. The figure feels simultaneously vintage and now. Retro fashion photography meets screenprint's inherent flatness.

The paper stock would be heavyweight—300gsm minimum to handle this many ink layers without warping. Probably Somerset or Fabriano. Something with enough tooth to grip the ink but smooth enough for clean registration across multiple pulls.

This print captures a specific mood. Optimistic but not naive. Bold without shouting. It understands its references without being enslaved to them.

Who is this print for? Collectors who understand that hand-pulled means unrepeatable. Once it's gone, it's gone. Own a piece of British screenprint craft.