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 with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, powerful dark-ground graphite technique with bold gestural strokes
Dark ground with dense organic cellular forms in muted pinks and greys. The pattern fills the space completely. The figure pushes through but the surface competes.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, packed organic forms in subdued pinks and charcoal create an insistent all-over field
Pale lavender and grey with bold sweeping ribbon-like forms in the background. Soft but dynamic. The figure stands in a swirl of delicate movement.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, delicate lavender tones with bold flowing ribbons creating a sense of gentle movement
Pure monochrome grey with large geometric faceted planes filling the background. The figure is folded into the same angular surface rather than modelled in the round. Precise and cool with no colour anywhere in the image.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, strict angular planes, no colour, figure folded into geometric surfaces
Cool grey with large rounded stone forms in the background and a vivid teal-cyan outline tracing the figure's contours. The glowing edge sits sharp against the muted painterly surround. Distinctive and immediate.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, vivid teal edge lighting on rounded stone-grey painterly background
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 with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, painted with broken brushwork, cool palette, figure dissolving into textured ground
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, in delicate iridescent blues and lavender with silky vertical flow and glowing warmth
Cool blue and mauve with large rounded petal-like forms filling the background — abstract roses with a crystalline flash. Figure is warm and painterly against the cool floral surround. Soft and romantic but with a sparkling edge. Distinctive and immediately appealing.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, in a romantic painterly style with abstract roses, cool crystal tones, and luminous warmth
Warm loose impasto figure against a swirling violet and cream ground. Background generates large looping organic forms — unfurling petals or folding fabric. Warm flesh tones sit dramatically against the cool violet surround.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, gestural oil painting with unfurling swirls of violet, cream, and warm color
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, in a lush impasto style where figure and ground share equal painterly mass and warm flesh tones
Deep cobalt and violet-blue ground with large rounded organic forms in cream warm taupe and pale gold massed behind the figure like oversized cloud shapes. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with confident impasto marks. Rich saturated and sculptural.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, thick confident brushwork, cobalt and cream with rounded cloud-like massing
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, traditional bust cropping, mosaic of warm terracotta and cool blue dots with textile needlepoint character