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 partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
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 partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, painted in soft impressionist strokes of blush, sage, and sky
Warm ochre and flesh tones on the figure against a fractured white ground with bold blue and yellow colour blocks. The grid is loose and painterly rather than hard-edged. Energetic and immediate with strong graphic presence.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in warm ochre and flesh tones against a fractured white ground with bold colour blocks
Cool grey with large angular fractured rock forms flanking the figure on both sides. The figure is warmly rendered in flesh tones against the cool jagged surround. Naturalistic and grounded with a raw stone quality.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, painted in warm flesh tones set against cool grey fractured stone, naturalistic and raw
Cool ash-grey throughout with large angular rock forms flanking the figure. The flesh tones are drained to near-silver with little warmth anywhere. Spare and cool with a monumental stillness.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in cool ash-grey tones with angular monumental forms
Pale lavender and cool grey with tall vertical forms and ghostly figurative shapes emerging from the background. The figure stands in a softly haunted interior. Atmospheric and slightly unsettling with a delicate palette.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in pale lavender and cool grey with ghostly figures dissolving into mist
Deep navy and violet flank large pale cloud-like forms at the centre — the composition reads like dark wings around a spotlight. Figure is warm and illuminated against the cool dramatic surround. Ghosted face visible in the lower right adds an eerie presence. Atmospheric and slightly otherworldly.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in deep navy and violet with luminous central highlighting
Cream sand and dark charcoal in large irregular mosaic pieces — Roman floor tile or unearthed archaeological surface. Figure integrates into the mosaic ground. Neutral and substantial rather than energetic. Background has a genuinely ancient and excavated quality.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in cream and charcoal mosaic tessellations evoking Roman floor tile
Deep indigo and navy forms fill the background in large bold brushstrokes with warm brown-ochre accents. Figure stands in pale blue-grey tones against the turbulent dark surround. Rich impasto character with genuine menace — the dark masses press in from all sides.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, painted in deep indigo and navy impasto with warm ochre accents and pale blue-grey figure
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 partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in pale blue and cream geometric planes with warm flesh tones
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 partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in pale washes with drifting cool and warm fragments on an open white ground
Large rounded cloud-like forms in white and cool grey fill the background with soft dark contour lines defining the volumes. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with clean precise line standing clearly against the pale airy ground. Gentle sculptural and softly drawn.
Portrait of partially dressed subject, making eye contact. Arms play a vital role, body canted, lingerie, very tight cropping, rendered in soft rounded volumes with warm flesh tones against pale cool grey