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, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, dramatic stone forms in rich ochre and taupe, old master style
Soft impressionist brushwork in pale pinks greens and blues with floral forms in the background. Delicate and luminous. The figure feels alive with light and colour.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, luminous impressionist style with pale floral tones and delicate brushwork
Pale cool ground with ghostly figurative forms emerging from the background. Soft and ethereal. The figure shares the space with phantom presences.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, soft ethereal style with phantom presences emerging from pale, diffused grounds
Cool grey with large rounded boulder forms filling the background. The figure stands in front rather than integrating with the surface.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, large smooth rock shapes receding behind a foregrounded figure
Cool blue lavender and silver with a silky vertical flow in the background — draped fabric or cascading water in cool light. Figure is warm against the pearlescent surround. Iridescent and luminous throughout. One of the more delicate and distinctive backgrounds in this range.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, painted against pearlescent draped fabric in blues and silver with luminous warmth
Cool lavender and blue-white with loose dark gestural marks swirling through the background. Background generates twisted organic forms — bare branches or smoke in deep blue-charcoal. Figure is pale and quietly confident against the atmospheric surround. Eerie and distinctive.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, pale figure set against twisted branch-like forms in deep blue-charcoal
Warm geometric fragmentation in cream taupe and deep red-brown with strong architectural planes. The figure is refracted through large faceted forms — crystalline and structural. Background generates towering angular geometry that frames and fragments in equal measure.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, fragmented through crystalline geometric forms in earthy tones, structural and monumental
Cool blue and pale grey with large flowing folded forms filling the background — billowing fabric or soft drapery rendered in fluid organic shapes. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with blue-grey overlay. Lighter and more structured than Ashen Chaos — cool and considered.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, rendered in fluid folds of cool blue and grey with a warm, considered figure
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, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, soft cloudlike ground with charcoal vine tracery and cool blue-grey base
Large rounded organic forms in cream pale gold and soft teal-grey pack the background like a mass of open oyster shells. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with the same impasto weight as the surrounding forms. Lush and sculptural — the figure is held rather than swamped.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, painted with sculptural weight, lush brushwork, and a warm palette of cream, gold, and teal
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, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm flesh tones
Pale blue-white ground with large fluid dark forms sweeping in from the sides like heavy shadow or dark marble veining. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with cool blue accents standing clearly in the pale centre. Dramatic and fluid with a marbled quality.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body from the side, cropped at the hip, bold fluid shadows frame a warmly lit central figure with cool blue accents