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 nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, painted in soft impressionist strokes of blush, sage, and sky
Loose fragmented colour patches in blue white and pink on a pale ground. Mosaic-like but free. The fragments scatter across figure and background alike.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in loose mosaic fragments of blue, white, and pink on a pale ground
Warm flesh tones throughout with ghostly repeated figure forms filling the background in the same skin palette. The repeated forms generate odd fleshy appendages around the central figure. Distinctive and slightly unsettling.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in warm skin tones with ghostly repeated figure forms creating an unsettling backdrop
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in near-black with slashing crimson accents, dramatic and confrontational
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
Near-white ground with cool blue outline marks describing figure and background in the same delicate line. Rounded organic forms in the background share the same blueprint-like character. Minimal and elegant — the figure exists as cool blue drawing on white. Light and immediately distinctive.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in delicate cool blue line on near-white, minimal and elegant
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 nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
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 nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in thick impasto with plum-mauve and cool blue, brushwork unifying figure and ground
Deep crimson and burgundy geometric planes sweep through the background in large bold angular forms. Figure rendered in pale white-grey tones against the rich red surround. Dramatic and saturated — the red commands the image. Architectural but warm-blooded.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, in bold geometric planes of deep crimson and cool grey
Deep cobalt and violet-blue ground with large rounded organic forms in cream warm taupe and pale gold massed behind the figure like oversized cloud shapes. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with confident impasto marks. Rich saturated and sculptural.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in deep cobalt and violet with creamy impasto organic forms
Large irregular fragments in warm yellow golden ochre cobalt blue and teal scattered across a pale near-white ground. Figure built from the same vivid fragments with generous white space throughout. Bright celebratory and light-filled.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, tight cropping, rendered in bold mosaic-like fragments of gold, ochre, and cobalt on white