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, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in soft impressionist strokes of blush, sage, and sky
Rich golds yellows blues and purples in bold vertical painterly forms flanking the figure. Vivid and immediate. The figure stands in a surround of pure colour energy.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in vivid vertical sweeps of gold, blue, and purple painterly colour
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 eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones against cool architectural grey, painterly and monumental
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 a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm cream and blush tones with tall flowing organic shapes and woven texture
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 eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in bold ink outline and flat rose-pink shadow fills against pale grey
Cool lavender and dusty rose with large angular stone or tile forms in the background. Palette is muted and chalky — faded fresco or weathered mosaic in character. Figure is warm against the cool fragmented surround. Classical in feel with a quietly distinctive palette.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in faded fresco tones, chalky lavender and dusty rose behind warm figures
Dark charcoal and deep purple flank large pale glowing rock or ice forms behind the figure. Scattered leaf shapes in the upper corners add a decorative note. Figure is warm against the luminous pale centre. Dramatic contrast between glowing stone and dark surround. Moody and painterly.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
Deep cobalt blue background with warm golden-yellow forms bursting outward in bold impasto. Figure painted in warm cream and flesh tones at the centre of the energy. Theatrical and baroque — stormy sky with golden light breaking through. One of the more dramatically coloured styles in the set.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in thick impasto with cobalt depths and explosive golden light
Deep saturated navy ground with large warm cream rounded forms glowing loosely behind the figure. Figure painted naturalistically in warm flesh tones. The contrast between the intense blue surround and luminous pale masses gives the image a nocturnal intimacy. Painterly and atmospheric.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in warm flesh tones against a deep saturated navy ground with glowing cream forms
Rich impasto in warm plum-mauve and cool blue with large loose visible brushstrokes unifying figure and background. Background generates rounded organic forms from the same energetic brushwork. The surface is alive throughout — one of the more genuinely painterly styles in the set.
Portrait of a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in thick impasto with plum-mauve and cool blue, brushwork unifying figure and ground
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, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale blue and cream geometric planes with warm flesh tones
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 a subject eyed averted with arms behind, nude, arms behind, subtle jewelry, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in explosive gestural brushwork with saturated drips bleeding through molten ground