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 a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, dramatic stone forms in rich ochre and taupe, old master style
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 a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, high-contrast charcoal style with expressive storm-like mark-making
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 making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, luminous impressionist style with pale floral tones and delicate brushwork
Dark and dramatic with ghostly figurative forms emerging from the background. Rich and atmospheric. The figure stands before what feels like a scene from a classical painting.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, painted in rich atmospheric tones, ghostly forms emerging from dark depths
Pale cool ground with ghostly figurative forms emerging from the background. Soft and ethereal. The figure shares the space with phantom presences.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, soft ethereal style with phantom presences emerging from pale, diffused grounds
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 a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, soft tactile stonework with embedded, sculpted depth
Cool blue geometric planes like shattered ice filling the background. The figure is refracted rather than rendered. Cold and crystalline.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, shattered ice facets refracting form into cold angular fragments
Warm grey-brown with tall dark architectural forms flanking the figure on either side. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the cool structured surround. Painterly and grounded with a monumental quality.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, flanked by tall dark forms, naturalistic figure in earthy warmth against structured stone
Pale grey with bold dark contour line and flat rose-pink colour fills on shadows and forms. Rocky cloud-like forms fill the background in the same graphic style. Immediate and illustration-like with a strong linear character.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, graphic ink illustration with bold contours and dusty pink form shadows
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 a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, stark pale figure exposed against dominating black ground with deep red forms
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 making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, bold diagonal brushwork in cool blue and warm gold unifies figure and ground in rich texture
Pale near-white ground with loose organic forms in cool blue-grey and warm taupe floating around the figure like torn fragments drifting in open space. Figure painted in warm golden flesh tones with loose painterly marks. Airy and open with generous white space throughout.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, nude, arms behind, traditional bust cropping, painted in loose gestural marks with golden flesh tones and floating torn-paper shapes