Do Your Dance - Original Artwork series

Two figures stand in a world of pure colour. The child on the left—blonde hair rendered in pale yellow, body covered in wave patterns and zigzags, hands raised like they're mid-spin. The taller figure on the right—green-toned face, striped dress, standing confident. Both pulled from what feels like a 1970s children's annual. Both dancing in their own way.

This is Do Your Dance—an original screenprint from Oli Fowler's studio. Not part of a numbered edition. Original means one-off. When it's gone, the screens are cleaned and the image is never pulled again.

Colour and Composition

The palette is fearless. Hot pink bleeds into deep orange. Turquoise sits next to purple. Yellows—both soft cream and sharp citrus—anchor the top of the composition in organic, undulating forms. The background is divided into loose, overlapping fields of colour. Polka dots scattered across turquoise. Grass-like marks in green at the bottom. Pink and yellow flowers blooming at the figures' feet. Yellow ink drips vertically, left raw and unwiped. The whole piece hums with layered energy.

The Process

This print required at least twelve separate screens. Each colour laid down, dried, then overprinted. The base fields went down first—orange, turquoise, purple sections. Then the curved organic shapes at the top, each a separate pull. The figures next—outline work, then solid fills, then pattern details. Stripes hand-drawn onto the screen. Wave patterns on the child's dress, crosshatching on the older girl's outfit. Polka dots registered by eye. Floral motifs. Drips added late in the process, deliberately left loose. Final black line work to define the figures.

The paper is heavyweight cartridge stock—300gsm, off-white, with enough tooth to hold this much ink without buckling. You can see the texture where layers overlap. The density of the build-up. Water-based inks throughout, hand-mixed for each pull.

Inspiration and Mood

This draws from vintage children's illustration—the kind found in Ladybird books and Blue Peter annuals. But filtered through a contemporary maximalist lens. The title suggests movement, freedom, unselfconsciousness. Childhood before inhibition sets in. The bold colour and pattern work references 1960s psychedelia, folk art, outsider expression. It's joyful without being saccharine. Energetic without chaos.

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.