Warm red-ochre watercolour wash on pale ground. Loose and gestural. The figure feels sketched in colour rather than drawn in line.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, gestural watercolor study, form built from warm washes rather than line
High-key warm white with large fractured plaster forms filling the background. Cool shadows give the pale surface depth and sculptural weight. Light and substantial with a bleached stone quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, high-key warm white forms with bleached stone texture and cool shadow relief
Pale white and cool grey-green ground shattered into large angular planes by bold dark outlines. Figure described in confident contour with minimal interior rendering. Background generates broken geometric shapes like fractured ice. Clean and immediate with strong graphic authority.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, bold contour drawing with fractured geometric background in icy white and grey-green 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 making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, painted against pearlescent draped fabric in blues and silver with luminous warmth
Cool blue and mauve with large rounded petal-like forms filling the background — abstract roses with a crystalline flash. Figure is warm and painterly against the cool floral surround. Soft and romantic but with a sparkling edge. Distinctive and immediately appealing.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, rendered in dreamy blue and mauve with crystalline floral forms and glowing warmth
Pale blue rose and cream with ghosted figurative forms flanking the central figure — softer and more ethereal than Clay Chorus. Background generates cool pale presences rather than warm terracotta. Figure stands quietly in the dreamlike surround. Cool and understated with a classical composition.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, ethereal pale surround with classical composition and dreamlike cool presence
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, bold brushwork in dark navy and indigo masses with brown-ochre highlights pressing inward
Warm brown-ochre surround with elaborate white marble sculptural forms filling the background — baroque fountain or ornate palace relief with faces and figures visible in the carved masses. Figure stands in warm flesh tones against the opulent white marble. Grand and slightly overwhelming.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, painted with opulent carved marble figures and warm flesh tones in baroque grandeur
Deep navy border framing fractured rock-like forms in cool blue-grey and white with vivid scarlet accents. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with red shoes that match the mood exactly. Bold and theatrical — this style turns everything up.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, bold theatrical style with cool blue-grey planes and vivid red accents
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, painted in hot fauvist tones where figure dissolves into blazing streaked color fields
Large angular faceted planes in pale blue-grey white and cream cover the entire surface like crumpled paper or crushed ice. Figure painted in warm flesh tones sits gently against the cool crystalline ground. Precise delicate and icy.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm flesh tones
Dense swirling gestural marks in cool grey-white and deep burgundy-red. Dark turbulent forms flank a pale central figure. Heavy impasto quality throughout. Brooding and theatrical.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, traditional bust cropping, with turbulent gestural marks in cool greys and dramatic crimson