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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, soft tactile stonework with embedded, sculpted depth
Dark background with sharp angular metallic planes cutting across the figure. The figure appears rendered in crumpled foil. Cold and industrial.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, rendered in crumpled foil with sharp angular planes, cold and stark
Deep burnt orange and amber flanking forms cradle a cool white figure. The background generates warm flame-like shapes that contrast sharply with the pale painterly rendering of the figure. Vivid and energetic with strong colour drama.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, bold warm flame tones surrounding a cool pale painted form
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, painterly naturalism set within a sculpted niche of sandy warm tones
Warm grey and pale pink with tall flowing organic forms flanking the figure. The background generates shapes that read as draped fabric or slow-moving flame. Painterly and calm with understated movement throughout.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, tall flowing organic forms in muted rose and grey, quietly alive
Warm cream and pale pink with tall flowing organic forms filling the background. A fine woven texture maps figure and ground throughout. Warm and tactile with a gentle flowing quality.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, soft tactile weave of pale pink and cream, organic forms rippling through figure and ground
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, dramatic jagged mountain forms in cool gestural strokes framing a warmly painted subject
Warm loose impasto figure against a swirling violet and cream ground. Background generates large looping organic forms — unfurling petals or folding fabric. Warm flesh tones sit dramatically against the cool violet surround.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, loose impasto technique, warm flesh against cool violet organic forms
Deep saturated navy ground with large warm cream rounded forms glowing loosely behind the figure. Figure painted naturalistically in warm flesh tones. The contrast between the intense blue surround and luminous pale masses gives the image a nocturnal intimacy. Painterly and atmospheric.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, luminous pale masses emerge from intense blue in a nocturnal, painterly atmosphere
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, 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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm flesh tones
Rich teal-green ground with large flowing organic planes in pale cream and white sweeping around the figure like unfurling tropical leaves or petals. Deep teal shadows define the forms. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the cool botanical ground. Fluid and lush.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body canted, cropped at the waist, rendered in fluid organic planes of deep teal and pale cream