Deep reds and burgundy with bold swirling impasto forms filling the background. The figure sits in a vortex of colour. Emotional temperature runs hot.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in deep reds and burgundy with thick swirling impasto strokes
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight 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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in warm cream and blush tones with tall flowing organic shapes and woven texture
Deep warm brown with large rounded forms generating ghostly face-like shapes in the background. The figure stands before a surround of watching presences under a rounded arch. Dark and atmospheric with an unsettling warmth.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in deep umber tones with looming rounded forms suggesting shadowed faces
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, carved from pale stone, form emerging from ancient grey matter
Dusty rose taupe and cream in large swooping curved geometric planes — the warm counterpart to Teal and Ice. Figure integrates into the geometry in matching warm tones. Soft and unified with the same elegant geometric confidence. Warm and immediately inviting.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, in warm dusty rose, taupe, and cream geometric planes with elegant swooping curves
Cool blue taupe and pale rose with rounded smooth boulder forms filling the background. Figure is warm and confident against the cool stone surround. Naturalistic and grounded — the background reads as river-worn stone rather than angular rock. Softer and more painterly than Blue Granite.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in smooth river-worn stone tones of blue-taupe and pale rose
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 downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in thick expressive brushwork with swirling violet and cream 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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in thick impasto strokes of blue-grey and ochre in a sweeping herringbone pattern
Pure black ground with shattered mirror or glass fragments flying outward from the figure in cool silver-white. Figure stands at the centre of the explosion in pale silver tones. Cinematic and high contrast — one of the most dramatically distinctive styles in the set.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in explosive silver-white shards against pure black, cinematic and high contrast
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in explosive gestural brushwork with saturated drips bleeding through molten ground