Clean pencil sketch with swirling organic forms in the background. Adds draftsmanship without imposing character.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in clean pencil sketch with flowing organic linework in the background
Dense ink crosshatch on pale ground with swirling figurative forms filling the background. Engraving-like in character. The line maps the figure with forensic intensity.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in dense crosshatched ink with engraving-like precision and swirling figurative forms
Cool blue geometric planes like shattered ice filling the background. The figure is refracted rather than rendered. Cold and crystalline.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in fractured geometric planes of cool blue, crystalline and sharp
Bold mixed impasto strokes in grey pink mauve and ochre fill the background with painterly energy. The figure rides a richly worked surface of broken colour. Lively and immediate with a full warm-cool palette.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in bold impasto strokes of pink, mauve, grey, and ochre
Warm rose and crimson with large flanking figurative forms swirling around the central figure. Background generates ghosted body shapes in pink and deep charcoal — reflected or echoed presences closing in. Figure stands in a surround of its own warm shadows. Intimate and confrontational.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in warm rose and crimson with swirling figurative forms and ghosted shadow presences
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 with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in near-black with slashing crimson accents, dramatic and confrontational
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 with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
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 aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, painted in warm flesh tones against a deep saturated navy ground with glowing cream forms
Luminous white cloud forms fill the background with dark charcoal tendril or vine-like marks threading through them. Cool blue-grey at the base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the pale open surround. Looser and more organic than Pale Damask — botanical rather than decorative.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
Cool blue-grey and warm cream forms churn densely through the background — packed cloud masses or turbulent water in thick impasto. Figure stands in warm flesh tones against the restless surround. The background never settles and rewards looking.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, in thick impasto swirls of blue-grey and cream, turbulent and restless
Pale azure ground with large draped forms described in clean dark contour line. Figure rendered in the same decisive line with warm flesh tones. One of the more reliably flattering styles available. The clean line finds and elevates the essential form in almost any source.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in bold dark contour line on pale blue ground with warm flesh tones
Near-white ground with bold crimson-rose and dark contour lines describing the figure in confident decisive strokes. Minimal background detail keeps the focus entirely on the line. Immediate and graphic with the authority of a strong fashion illustration.
Portrait of nude subject with averted eyes, facing aside, body canted, subtle jewelry, cropped at the waist, rendered in bold crimson-rose lines on near-white with graphic fashion illustration confidence