Warm sandy stone with rounded cobble-like forms filling the background. Soft and tactile. The figure feels set into the surface rather than placed in front of it.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, earthy cobblestone surface, figure integrated into rounded relief forms
Dense rose and burgundy cellular forms fill the background with rich impasto texture. Warm and absorbing. The figure emerges from a surface of genuine depth.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, dense painterly surface of rose and burgundy with absorbing tactile depth
Sandy ochre and warm stone tones with the background generating a clear arch and flanking walls that frame the figure in a niche. Painterly and naturalistic with strong architectural presence. The figure feels placed rather than imposed.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, soft brushwork in amber and ochre, figure nestled in a carved stone arch
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, painterly realism with warm amber flesh, dark flanking architecture, grounded monumentality
Deep warm brown with large rounded forms generating ghostly face-like shapes in the background. The figure stands before a surround of watching presences under a rounded arch. Dark and atmospheric with an unsettling warmth.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, bathed in dark warmth, arched forms conjuring watchful figures from swelling shadow
Deep crimson ground with figure in dark outline. Theatrical and confrontational — contrast borders on violent at the face. Figures feel exposed and stage-lit against slashing red forms.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, confrontational figure work in deep crimson with brutal contrast
Near-black ground with slashing crimson and deep red forms flanking the figure. Figure is pale and exposed against the dark threatening surround. Darker and more menacing than Crimson Stage — the black dominates with red as accent. Dramatic and confrontational.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, menacing dark palette where black overwhelms with threatening crimson slashes
Cool silver and blue with dramatic angular mountain-like forms filling the background — jagged peaks or shattered rock faces in dark gestural marks. Figure is warm and painterly against the powerful cool surround. Alpine and commanding. One of the more dramatically structured backgrounds in this range.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, sharp alpine geometry in dark silver and blue, contrasting with richly painted warm tones
Pale cream and white with large rounded forms splashed with deep red blue and gold. Background reads like pale swirling marble with vivid colour scattered across it. Figure is warm and integrated into the rich complex surround. Energetic and distinctive — unlike anything else in this range.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, distinctive marble-like surface with energetic bursts of deep jewel tones
Warm cream impasto background covered in large swirling floral forms — the brocade fabric of a sofa that was never meant to be sat on. Figure rendered in warm flesh tones that merge politely with the respectable surround. Comfortable and slightly suffocating.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, in lush impasto style with swirling floral forms and suffocating warmth of respectable interiors
Cool teal-green and blue-grey background in loose broken brushwork with warm golden flesh tones glowing at the centre. The contrast between sunlit figure and cool watery surround is the defining quality. Luminous and flattering — one of the more beautiful colour combinations in the set.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, fluid broken strokes in blue-grey and teal, sunlit warmth at centre
Large rounded organic forms in cream pale gold and soft teal-grey pack the background like a mass of open oyster shells. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with the same impasto weight as the surrounding forms. Lush and sculptural — the figure is held rather than swamped.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body from the side, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, in a lush impasto style where figure and ground share equal painterly mass and warm flesh tones