High contrast black and white with dark architectural forms flanking the figure. Graphic and controlled. The figure stands in a surround of deep shadow and structure.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, stark monochrome with controlled shadow and geometric structure
Warm sandy beige with large fractured stone planes filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in the same warm palette. Structural and grounded without coldness.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, naturalistic figures in warm palette amid large fragmented stone forms, earthy and solid
Stark black corners frame radiating crumpled white planes — crushed paper or foil caught in sharp light. Figure is warm against the high contrast surround. Graphic and dramatic with a strong print-like character. Bold silhouettes read with particular intensity in this style.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, sharp print-like treatment with warm figure against intense geometric shadow play
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 making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, quietly decorative style with fluid organic motifs in terracotta against a near-white surround
Dark purple and charcoal with frantic swirling forms closing in around the figure. Background generates restless spiralling marks with a distinctly unravelling energy. Figure holds but the surround feels genuinely unstable. Moody and slightly alarming.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, moody dark palette with restless spiralling marks closing in around the subject
Warm geometric fragmentation in cream taupe and deep red-brown with strong architectural planes. The figure is refracted through large faceted forms — crystalline and structural. Background generates towering angular geometry that frames and fragments in equal measure.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, shattered into towering angular planes of cream and red-brown, cubist and architecturally imposing
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 making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, organic botanical style, pale open surround with loose dark linear marks
Pale azure ground with large draped forms described in clean dark contour line. Figure rendered in the same decisive line with warm flesh tones. One of the more reliably flattering styles available. The clean line finds and elevates the essential form in almost any source.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, pale blue ground, strong contour line and warm flesh tones in classical figure style
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 making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, luminous cubist planes in blue, cream, and confident warm tones
Large angular planes in white pale grey dusty rose and muted burgundy sweep diagonally across a predominantly white ground like torn or peeling layers of paper. Figure integrated into the fractured pale surface. Light open and architecturally spare.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, architecturally spare, torn-paper forms in pale, muted tones
Pale blue-white ground with large fluid dark forms sweeping in from the sides like heavy shadow or dark marble veining. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with cool blue accents standing clearly in the pale centre. Dramatic and fluid with a marbled quality.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, dramatic marbled contrasts with sweeping dark forms and glowing pale center
Rich teal-green ground with large flowing organic planes in pale cream and white sweeping around the figure like unfurling tropical leaves or petals. Deep teal shadows define the forms. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the cool botanical ground. Fluid and lush.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the hip, painted with sweeping botanical forms in cool teal and warm ivory