Dark grey with cave-like grotto forms in the background. Hints of pink and mauve bleed through the stone texture. Cooler and moodier than Cool Slate.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, deep charcoal grotto atmosphere, cool and brooding with blushes of mauve
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, cropped at the waist, loose impressionist technique, glowing with pinks, greens, and blues
Pale white and cool grey with soft organic forms emerging from the background. The figure is warmly rendered against the ghostly painterly surround. Atmospheric and painterly with a dreamy quality to the open space.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, painterly and atmospheric, soft forms dissolving into an open, ghostly white and grey surround
Cool blue-violet with large angular faceted planes filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the crystalline surround. Precise and cold with a quartz-like quality to the fractured background.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, naturalistic figure contrasted with sharp geometric blue-violet crystal facets
Dusty mauve-grey stone texture absorbs the figure into the surface. Body reads as shallow relief rather than figure against background. Cool and permanent — the source becomes architecture.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, monolithic grey-pink surface, body fused with architectural weight
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, cropped at the waist, in delicate iridescent blues and lavender with silky vertical flow and glowing warmth
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 a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, quietly decorative style with fluid organic motifs in terracotta against a near-white surround
Bright sky blue with large rounded cloud-like forms in white and pale blue surrounding the figure. Figure is warm and grounded against the airy cool surround. Light and open — one of the most genuinely sky-like backgrounds in this range. Luminous and uplifting.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, in an open, uplifting style of pale blue and white cloudscapes with luminous rounded forms
Near-white ground with cool blue outline marks describing figure and background in the same delicate line. Rounded organic forms in the background share the same blueprint-like character. Minimal and elegant — the figure exists as cool blue drawing on white. Light and immediately distinctive.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, cool blue drafting lines on white ground, rounded organic forms, airy and spare
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 a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, organic botanical style, pale open surround with loose dark linear marks
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 a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, expressive impasto in blue-grey and ochre-gold, energetic herringbone marks enveloping the subject
Pale blue and cream angular planes fill the background in large airy blocks — bright and open rather than heavy. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the luminous cool ground. Light-filled and confident.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, astonished, cropped at the waist, luminous cubist planes in blue, cream, and confident warm tones