A vertical steel sculpture painted in vibrant orange oil enamel, Fig Newt presents an abstract creature form composed of stacked and offset geometric segments. A circular yellow and green eye aperture peers from the upper section, while the lower body is punctuated by three small yellow and red square windows suggesting windows or scales. The figure's undulating silhouette creates a rhythmic totemic presence, with sharp diagonal edges that suggest fins or wings, evoking both organic and architectural vocabularies. The bright saturated palette and modernist reduction of form exemplify Van Earl's approach to stylized animal sculpture, where representational suggestion yields to bold color and sculptural play.