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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm earth tones with painterly classical technique
Strong graphite on dark ground with bold sweeping strokes filling the background. High contrast and dramatic. The figure stands in a storm of marks!
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
Warm painterly impasto with tall organic forms flanking the figure in muted golds blues and pinks. Loose and gestural. The figure stands in a gallery of painted shapes.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm impasto strokes of muted gold, blue, and pink
Cool blue-grey stone block architecture fills the background with arched recesses and layered masonry. The figure is warm-toned against a cool structured surround. Painterly and grounded with a classical architectural presence.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in painterly oils with warm figure against cool classical stonework
Cool grey with large rounded cloud-like forms filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the soft textured surround. Tactile and grounded with a consistent organic character.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in warm flesh tones against soft cool-grey cloudlike forms
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 square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm cream and blush tones with tall flowing organic shapes and woven texture
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 nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones over a dense field of script-like marks on pale ground
Soft blush and cream palette with ghosted figure silhouettes swirling through the background. The figure is surrounded by pale echoes of itself. Warm and intimate but slightly unsettling. Background generates repeated figurative forms rather than abstract texture.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in soft blush and cream with ghosted figure silhouettes drifting through the background
Deep indigo and navy forms fill the background in large bold brushstrokes with warm brown-ochre accents. Figure stands in pale blue-grey tones against the turbulent dark surround. Rich impasto character with genuine menace — the dark masses press in from all sides.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, painted in deep indigo and navy impasto with warm ochre accents and pale blue-grey figure
Cool blue-grey and near-black with a blazing white centre that backlights the figure dramatically. Large dark organic forms sweep in from both sides like heavy wings or drawn curtains. Figure sits at the threshold of light and shadow in deep cool tones with only traces of warm flesh breaking through.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool blue-grey tones with stark white backlighting and sweeping dark forms
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold, unified brushwork of cool blue-grey and white
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 with averted eyes, facing downward, body square, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale washes with drifting cool and warm fragments on an open white ground