Cool grey with ghostly watching faces filling the background. Unsettling and distinctive. Similar to Ghost Crowd but painterly rather than graphic.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, soft painterly grey palette with haunting watching faces emerging from the background
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, bold cyan outline glowing against soft grey painterly forms
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, painted against pearlescent draped fabric in blues and silver with luminous warmth
Pale ivory and cream ground with loose scrolling organic forms in terracotta and rust. Background generates rounded decorative shapes — ornamental rather than architectural. Figure is warm and confident against the near-white surround. Distinctive and quietly decorative.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, soft cream background with rounded decorative shapes in earthy rust tones, ornamental and warm
Deep cobalt blue ground with a dramatic white rock or ice formation rising behind the figure. Figure is warm and painterly against the cold blue and white surround. Alpine and stark — one of the most dramatically simple backgrounds in this range. Cool and confident.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, dramatic alpine palette of deep blue ground and cold white rock forms
Deep navy and violet flank large pale cloud-like forms at the centre — the composition reads like dark wings around a spotlight. Figure is warm and illuminated against the cool dramatic surround. Ghosted face visible in the lower right adds an eerie presence. Atmospheric and slightly otherworldly.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, dramatic cool-toned atmosphere with warm illuminated focal glow
Dusty rose taupe and cream in large swooping curved geometric planes — the warm counterpart to Teal and Ice. Figure integrates into the geometry in matching warm tones. Soft and unified with the same elegant geometric confidence. Warm and immediately inviting.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, rendered in soft unified warm tones with sweeping curved geometry
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, rendered in dreamy blue and mauve with crystalline floral forms and glowing warmth
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, painterly contrasts of warm figure against luminous rock and shadowed surround
Deep cobalt blue background with warm golden-yellow forms bursting outward in bold impasto. Figure painted in warm cream and flesh tones at the centre of the energy. Theatrical and baroque — stormy sky with golden light breaking through. One of the more dramatically coloured styles in the set.
Portrait of a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, bold baroque drama with swirling cream flesh tones against deep blue
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, soft cloudlike ground with charcoal vine tracery and cool blue-grey base
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 a nude subject with arms up, downcast eyes, body canted, arms up, astonished, cropped at the hip, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm flesh tones