Dark ground with dense organic cellular forms in muted pinks and greys. The pattern fills the space completely. The figure pushes through but the surface competes.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, biological patterning in dusty rose and grey overwhelms the pictorial surface
Fine crosshatch and contour lines on a warm ground with geometric forms in the background. Detailed and energetic. The lines map the figure with conviction.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, energetic contour and crosshatch linework mapping form with bold conviction
Cool blue-grey stone block architecture fills the background with arched recesses and layered masonry. The figure is warm-toned against a cool structured surround. Painterly and grounded with a classical architectural presence.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, soft brushwork evoking Renaissance masonry in muted blue-grey and warm flesh tones
Soft mauve and dusty pink with a swirling floral pattern filling the background. The figure is warmly rendered against the decorative surround. Flattering and painterly with a rich decorative character.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, warmly rendered in flattering painterly style with rich decorative florals
Cool grey-brown with tall dark arched panels flanking the figure. The panels carry circular rivet-like forms giving the background a strong industrial character. Stark and architectural with a mechanical edge.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, architectural metalwork backdrop, dark arched forms with circular rivets, mechanical severity
Soft blush and cream palette with ghosted figure silhouettes swirling through the background. The figure is surrounded by pale echoes of itself. Warm and intimate but slightly unsettling. Background generates repeated figurative forms rather than abstract texture.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, surrounded by pale figurative echoes, warm and intimate with an unsettling undercurrent
Near-white ground with electric blue-black gestural lines describing the figure with urgent economy. Marks have a charged kinetic quality — the figure feels caught mid-movement. Minimal but alive. Rewards sources with strong gesture or bold form.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, bold economical linework with charged kinetic energy, figure caught mid-motion
Cool cerulean blue and cream in large flat geometric planes. Figure is warm against the cool blue geometry — a clean warm-cool contrast. Elegant and graphic rather than sensuous. Background generates smooth rounded geometric forms in deep and pale blue.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, bold flat geometry in deep and pale blue, warm figure against cool graphic forms
Warm dusty rose taupe and gold in rectangular block forms — pastel library shelves filling the background. Figure is warm and integrated into the faded bookish surface. Slightly worn and whimsical in character. Distinctive and quietly charming.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, soft pastel bookish palette with worn, whimsical block forms and warm integrated figure
Irregular fragments in blue ochre warm taupe white and rose cover the entire surface in a varied and energetic mosaic. Figure built from the same colourful planes with red shoes catching the eye. More saturated and lively than Crockery — the palette of a well-stocked tile market.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, built from energetic colour planes like a sun-drenched tile market
Bright cerulean blue upper ground with large pale grey-taupe sculptural forms flanking the figure like twisted columns or sentinel presences. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the vivid blue. Theatrical and architectural — the flanking forms give every subject a dramatic escort.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, flanked by twisted column-like sentinels in warm theatrical tones against bright blue
Cool blue-grey and near-black with a blazing white centre that backlights the figure dramatically. Large dark organic forms sweep in from both sides like heavy wings or drawn curtains. Figure sits at the threshold of light and shadow in deep cool tones with only traces of warm flesh breaking through.
Portrait of a subject making eye contact with arms behind, street clothes, arms behind, cropped at the waist, dramatic chiaroscuro in near-black and icy white, organic shadows framing a glowing centre