Dark grey with cave-like grotto forms in the background. Hints of pink and mauve bleed through the stone texture. Cooler and moodier than Cool Slate.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, moody cave-grey palette with pink and mauve seeping through textured stone
Warm brown and taupe tones with dramatic rocky stone forms flanking the figure. Painterly and classical in feel. The figure and background feel genuinely integrated.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, dramatic stone forms in rich ochre and taupe, old master style
Pale white and grey with soft angular background forms and warm red accents. Light and airy. The figure feels illuminated from within.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, light airy composition with geometric background forms and glowing inner radiance
Warm flesh and pale blue with tiled repeated copies of the figure filling the background in an ordered grid. The central figure stands before a wall of its own reflections. Distinctive and slightly disorienting with a pop multiplicity.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, bold figure repeated in an ordered grid of warm and cool tones, slightly surreal
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, stark pale figure exposed against dominating black ground with deep red forms
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, dramatic jagged mountain forms in cool gestural strokes framing a warmly painted subject
Cool pale blue and cream with tall rounded vertical forms filling the background — standing stones or monoliths in pale stone tones. Figure is warm against the cool ancient surround. Clean and naturalistic with a megalithic presence. Distinctive vertical character sets it apart from other stone styles.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, warm figure set against ancient standing stones in naturalistic style
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, bold theatrical style with cool blue-grey planes and vivid red accents
Cool blue-grey and warm ochre-gold impasto with large diagonal brushstrokes creating a herringbone pattern across the entire surface. Figure and background unified in the same energetic mark-making. Flattering and enveloping — this style wraps its subject in warmth and movement.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, bold diagonal brushwork in cool blue and warm gold unifies figure and ground in rich texture
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, loose impressionist brushwork, cool watery blues contrasting warm glowing skin
Entire surface broken into dense confident brushstrokes in cool blue-grey and white — figure and ground unified in the same energetic mark-making. The figure is present but woven into the surface rather than sitting on it. Cool silvery and kinetic.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, in dense, energetic strokes that merge figure and ground in silvery blue
Pale near-white ground with loose organic forms in cool blue-grey and warm taupe floating around the figure like torn fragments drifting in open space. Figure painted in warm golden flesh tones with loose painterly marks. Airy and open with generous white space throughout.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body from the side, traditional bust cropping, painted in loose gestural marks with golden flesh tones and floating torn-paper shapes