Cool blue geometric planes like shattered ice filling the background. The figure is refracted rather than rendered. Cold and crystalline.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in fractured geometric planes of cool blue, crystalline and sharp
Warm ochre and flesh tones on the figure against a fractured white ground with bold blue and yellow colour blocks. The grid is loose and painterly rather than hard-edged. Energetic and immediate with strong graphic presence.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm ochre and flesh tones against a fractured white ground with bold colour blocks
Sandy ochre and warm stone tones with the background generating a clear arch and flanking walls that frame the figure in a niche. Painterly and naturalistic with strong architectural presence. The figure feels placed rather than imposed.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm ochre and stone hues with architectural framing
Cool grey crosshatch and gestural marks fill the background with organic forms emerging from the surface. The figure is sketched rather than rendered with loose confident line. Immediate and alive with a life-drawing energy.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, in loose gestural charcoal with expressive crosshatching
Warm cream and pale pink with tall flowing organic forms filling the background. A fine woven texture maps figure and ground throughout. Warm and tactile with a gentle flowing quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm cream and blush tones with tall flowing organic shapes and woven texture
Pale ivory and cream ground with loose scrolling organic forms in terracotta and rust. Background generates rounded decorative shapes — ornamental rather than architectural. Figure is warm and confident against the near-white surround. Distinctive and quietly decorative.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm terracotta and rust on a pale ivory ground with loose scrolling organic forms
Warm cream and ivory ground with faint ghosted figure forms visible in the background texture. Painterly and delicate — the spectral presences are suggested rather than stated. Figure is confident and warm against the pale haunted surround. Flattering and quietly distinctive.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm ivory tones with ghosted figures drifting through the background
Warm rose salmon and pale blue with tall vertical draped forms flanking the figure — fabric-like curtains in soft warm tones. Figure merges with the vertical surround in matching warm flesh. Cool blue edges frame the composition. Elegant and quietly theatrical.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in warm rose and pale blue with draped vertical forms and soft theatrical elegance
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 nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in near-black with slashing crimson accents, dramatic and confrontational
Deep cobalt blue background with warm golden-yellow forms bursting outward in bold impasto. Figure painted in warm cream and flesh tones at the centre of the energy. Theatrical and baroque — stormy sky with golden light breaking through. One of the more dramatically coloured styles in the set.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in thick impasto with cobalt depths and explosive golden light
Deep indigo and navy forms fill the background in large bold brushstrokes with warm brown-ochre accents. Figure stands in pale blue-grey tones against the turbulent dark surround. Rich impasto character with genuine menace — the dark masses press in from all sides.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, painted in deep indigo and navy impasto with warm ochre accents and pale blue-grey figure
Cool cream and white ground with strong vertical streaks in deep blue-grey and teal that read like frozen cascades or dripping ice. Figure rendered in the same cool palette with deep shadow and quiet intensity. Large dark organic forms flank the composition like drawn curtains.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, astonished, very tight cropping, rendered in cool creams and blue-grey with vertical streaks like frozen cascades