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
Bold red and white with organic sculptural forms surrounding the figure. The red bleeds into white rather than filling hard shapes. Dramatic and immediate.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in bold red and white with bleeding, organic forms and raw sculptural drama
Warm painterly impasto with tall organic forms flanking the figure in muted golds blues and pinks. Loose and gestural. The figure stands in a gallery of painted shapes.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in warm impasto strokes of muted gold, blue, and pink
Cool blue geometric planes like shattered ice filling the background. The figure is refracted rather than rendered. Cold and crystalline.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in fractured geometric planes of cool blue, crystalline and sharp
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 downward, body from the side, tight cropping, in a loose painterly style with chunky brushwork and cool blue-grey tones
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 downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in cool lavender and silver with silky cascading texture and warm iridescent glow
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in warm terracotta and rust on a pale ivory ground with loose scrolling organic forms
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in luminous sky blues with billowing rounded cloud forms in white and pale blue
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
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
Near-white ground with sparse irregular dark forms in grey-brown and warm taupe scattered at the edges and base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark line standing clearly in the open white field. Bright airy and uncluttered.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body from the side, tight cropping, painted in warm flesh tones with crisp ink lines on an open white ground