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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm earth tones with painterly classical technique
Strong graphite on dark ground with bold sweeping strokes filling the background. High contrast and dramatic. The figure stands in a storm of marks!
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
Rich golds yellows blues and purples in bold vertical painterly forms flanking the figure. Vivid and immediate. The figure stands in a surround of pure colour energy.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, in vivid vertical sweeps of gold, blue, and purple painterly colour
Warm sandy stone with rounded cobble-like forms filling the background. Soft and tactile. The figure feels set into the surface rather than placed in front of it.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm sandy stone tones with rounded, cobbled 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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold impasto strokes of pink, mauve, grey, and ochre
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 and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm cream and blush tones with tall flowing organic shapes and woven texture
Cool blue-purple ground with fragmented cream and gold shapes behind a confident figure. Background generates a broken tile or stained glass quality. Bold and slightly psychedelic in register. Figure holds coherence against the fractured surround.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in fractured blue-violet and gold, like shattered stained glass
Cool blue-grey palette with chunky broken brushwork throughout. Background generates irregular boulder or cloud-like forms in blue grey and muted brown. Figure merges softly with the cool ground. Loose and painterly with a raw textural quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, in a loose painterly style with chunky brushwork and cool blue-grey tones
Pale white and cool grey-green ground shattered into large angular planes by bold dark outlines. Figure described in confident contour with minimal interior rendering. Background generates broken geometric shapes like fractured ice. Clean and immediate with strong graphic authority.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in angular planes of pale white and cool grey-green divided by bold dark outlines
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 and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in near-black with slashing crimson accents, dramatic and confrontational
Deep navy border framing fractured rock-like forms in cool blue-grey and white with vivid scarlet accents. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with red shoes that match the mood exactly. Bold and theatrical — this style turns everything up.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in dramatic navy and scarlet with fractured, sculptural brushwork
Flat irregular stone forms in cool grey-white with dark crack lines fill the background like a rendered stone wall. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark outline standing clearly in front of the flat pale ground. Clean graphic and architectural.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, in a graphic style with warm figure against a cool stone-textured ground