Warm brown and taupe tones with dramatic rocky stone forms flanking the figure. Painterly and classical in feel. The figure and background feel genuinely integrated.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm earth tones with painterly classical technique
Soft impressionist brushwork in pale pinks greens and blues with floral forms in the background. Delicate and luminous. The figure feels alive with light and colour.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in soft impressionist strokes of blush, sage, and sky
Cool green-grey with rounded boulder-like forms in the background. Similar to Aged Plaster but cooler and less weighty. The figure feels embedded in the stone surface.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool grey-green with smooth, weathered stone texture
Bold mixed impasto strokes in grey pink mauve and ochre fill the background with painterly energy. The figure rides a richly worked surface of broken colour. Lively and immediate with a full warm-cool palette.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold impasto strokes of pink, mauve, grey, and ochre
Cool blue lavender and silver with a silky vertical flow in the background — draped fabric or cascading water in cool light. Figure is warm against the pearlescent surround. Iridescent and luminous throughout. One of the more delicate and distinctive backgrounds in this range.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool lavender and silver with silky cascading texture and warm iridescent glow
Near-black ground with slashing crimson and deep red forms flanking the figure. Figure is pale and exposed against the dark threatening surround. Darker and more menacing than Crimson Stage — the black dominates with red as accent. Dramatic and confrontational.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in near-black with slashing crimson accents, dramatic and confrontational
Deep navy and cobalt with rounded organic forms in the background — ghostly skull-like faces scattered through the dark blue ground. Figure is cool and pale against the haunted surround. Oceanic and eerie rather than overtly threatening. Dark and distinctly unsettling.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in deep navy and cobalt with pale ghostly forms lurking in organic shadows
Cool blue-grey stone walls with large pale rock forms catching light behind the figure. Floor reads as dark slate. The figure stands in a rocky alcove or cave interior — cool and substantial. One of the more convincingly geological grottos in the set.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool blue-grey stone tones with pale rock forms catching raking light
Warm ochre tan and mauve-rose rock forms fill the background in loose painterly strokes with teal-green shadow accents. Figure rendered in warm flesh tones that merge naturally with the sun-baked surround. Dusty and warm — the palette of old stone walls in strong afternoon light.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in sun-warmed ochre and mauve, with teal shadows and loose expressive brushwork
Large rounded organic forms in cream pale gold and soft teal-grey pack the background like a mass of open oyster shells. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with the same impasto weight as the surrounding forms. Lush and sculptural — the figure is held rather than swamped.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in thick impasto with rounded organic forms in cream, gold, and soft teal-grey
Entire surface built from fine regular dots in warm peach cream terracotta and cool blue giving the image a needlepoint or petit point textile quality. Cool blue border frames the composition. Figure reads through the dot structure with warmth and intricacy.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in fine needlepoint dots of peach, cream, terracotta, and cool blue
Pale warm peach ground with massive sweeping black forms rendered in bold gestural marks at cave-painting scale. Figure painted naturalistically and relatively small against the dominant primitive marks. Raw and monumental.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in raw gestural black on warm peach, monumental cave-scale marks dwarfing the figure