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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in deep reds and burgundy with thick swirling impasto strokes
Dark grey with cave-like grotto forms in the background. Hints of pink and mauve bleed through the stone texture. Cooler and moodier than Cool Slate.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in shadowy grotto tones with bleeding mauve and pink through dark stone
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 making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
Warm ochre and flesh tones on the figure against a fractured white ground with bold blue and yellow colour blocks. The grid is loose and painterly rather than hard-edged. Energetic and immediate with strong graphic presence.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm ochre and flesh tones against a fractured white ground with bold colour blocks
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm ochre and stone hues with architectural framing
Warm flesh and pale blue with tiled repeated copies of the figure filling the background in an ordered grid. The central figure stands before a wall of its own reflections. Distinctive and slightly disorienting with a pop multiplicity.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones and pale blue with a pop-art grid of repeated figures
Cool blue-grey palette with chunky broken brushwork throughout. Background generates irregular boulder or cloud-like forms in blue grey and muted brown. Figure merges softly with the cool ground. Loose and painterly with a raw textural quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in a loose painterly style with chunky brushwork and cool blue-grey tones
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, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in cool lavender and silver with silky cascading texture and warm iridescent glow
Near-white ground with electric blue-black gestural lines describing the figure with urgent economy. Marks have a charged kinetic quality — the figure feels caught mid-movement. Minimal but alive. Rewards sources with strong gesture or bold form.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in urgent gestural strokes of electric blue-black on near-white
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in angular faceted planes of pale blue-grey and cream like crumpled ice
Large irregular fragments in warm yellow golden ochre cobalt blue and teal scattered across a pale near-white ground. Figure built from the same vivid fragments with generous white space throughout. Bright celebratory and light-filled.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body canted, astonished, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold mosaic-like fragments of gold, ochre, and cobalt on white