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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, 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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
Warm painterly rendering with a rocky stone background in cool grey and blue. The figure feels grounded and real. Naturalistic and unfussy.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, in warm painterly tones against cool grey-blue stone
Pale cool ground with ghostly figurative forms emerging from the background. Soft and ethereal. The figure shares the space with phantom presences.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale, cool tones with ghostly figures dissolving into misty backgrounds
Cool grey with large rounded boulder forms filling the background. The figure stands in front rather than integrating with the surface.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool grey tones with soft rounded boulder forms
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale lavender and grey with bold sweeping ribbon-like forms
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in faceted grey geometric planes, angular and precise
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm ivory tones with ghosted figures drifting through the background
Luminous white cloud forms fill the background with dark charcoal tendril or vine-like marks threading through them. Cool blue-grey at the base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the pale open surround. Looser and more organic than Pale Damask — botanical rather than decorative.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
Cool blue-grey and warm ochre-gold impasto with large diagonal brushstrokes creating a herringbone pattern across the entire surface. Figure and background unified in the same energetic mark-making. Flattering and enveloping — this style wraps its subject in warmth and movement.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in thick impasto strokes of blue-grey and ochre in a sweeping herringbone pattern
Entire surface broken into dense confident brushstrokes in cool blue-grey and white — figure and ground unified in the same energetic mark-making. The figure is present but woven into the surface rather than sitting on it. Cool silvery and kinetic.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold, unified brushwork of cool blue-grey and white
Saturated yellow ground with vertical streaks and drips of red orange and blue running through the composition like paint in motion. Figure painted in warm flesh and orange-red tones fully absorbed into the blazing ground. Hot gestural and overwhelming.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, lingerie, traditional bust cropping, rendered in explosive gestural brushwork with saturated drips bleeding through molten ground