Deep reds and burgundy with bold swirling impasto forms filling the background. The figure sits in a vortex of colour. Emotional temperature runs hot.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in deep reds and burgundy with thick swirling impasto strokes
Cool grey with ghostly watching faces filling the background. Unsettling and distinctive. Similar to Ghost Crowd but painterly rather than graphic.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in muted grey tones with ghostly faces looming in the background
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm ochre and stone hues with architectural framing
Cool grey with large rounded stone forms in the background and a vivid teal-cyan outline tracing the figure's contours. The glowing edge sits sharp against the muted painterly surround. Distinctive and immediate.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool grey tones with glowing teal-cyan contour lines
Deep cobalt blue and warm golden-yellow geometric planes fill the entire image. The figure is rendered in the same luminous yellow as the background geometry. Bold and immediate with figure and ground sharing a single warm-cool palette.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in bold cobalt and gold geometric planes, De Stijl-inspired
Cool blue-violet with large angular faceted planes filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the crystalline surround. Precise and cold with a quartz-like quality to the fractured background.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm naturalistic tones against angular blue-violet crystalline planes
Dark blue-grey ground with large pale peach and cream cloud-like forms rising behind the figure. The figure is warmly rendered in flesh tones against the cool dark surround. Painterly and dramatic with a strong light-dark contrast.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painterly chiaroscuro with warm flesh tones against deep blue-grey shadow
Pale ground with a dense blue-grey pattern of text-like or script-like marks filling the background. The figure is rendered in warm flesh tones over the inscribed surface. Distinctive and layered with an archaeological quality.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones over a dense field of script-like marks on pale ground
Cool teal and warm taupe with monumental rounded figurative forms filling the background. Central figure stands against oversized sculptural presences — abstract bodies or limbs at enormous scale. Surreal and imposing. The background dominates without consuming the figure.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool teal and warm taupe with monumental rounded forms looming behind
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in thick impasto with plum-mauve and cool blue, brushwork unifying figure and ground
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body square, street clothes, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale washes with drifting cool and warm fragments on an open white ground