Warm sandy stone with rounded cobble-like forms filling the background. Soft and tactile. The figure feels set into the surface rather than placed in front of it.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, earthy cobblestone surface, figure integrated into rounded relief forms
Loose fragmented colour patches in blue white and pink on a pale ground. Mosaic-like but free. The fragments scatter across figure and background alike.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, free tessellated brushwork in blue, white, and pink, figure and field unified
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 square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, bold colour blocking in ochre and blue on a broken white ground, immediate and gestural
Cool blue-grey with large angular fragmented planes filling the entire image. The figure is integrated into the geometry with warm flesh tones as the only warmth in the composition. Precise and cool with a rounded arch framing the surround.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, cool analytical cubism with monochrome planes broken by warm skin tones beneath a rounded arch
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 making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, figure in warm tones emerging from an archaeological ground of text-like markings
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 square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, in delicate iridescent blues and lavender with silky vertical flow and glowing 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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, quietly decorative style with fluid organic motifs in terracotta against a near-white surround
Warm rose salmon and pale blue with tall vertical draped forms flanking the figure — fabric-like curtains in soft warm tones. Figure merges with the vertical surround in matching warm flesh. Cool blue edges frame the composition. Elegant and quietly theatrical.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, depicted in quietly theatrical drapery, warm vertical forms blending figure and surround
Cool silver and blue with dramatic angular mountain-like forms filling the background — jagged peaks or shattered rock faces in dark gestural marks. Figure is warm and painterly against the powerful cool surround. Alpine and commanding. One of the more dramatically structured backgrounds in this range.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, sharp alpine geometry in dark silver and blue, contrasting with richly painted warm tones
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, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, organic botanical style, pale open surround with loose dark linear marks
Large rounded geometric planes in mid blue pale blue-grey cream and warm taupe cover the entire surface in a cool confident mosaic. Figure painted in the same cool tones fully integrated into the ground. Structured and architectural with a glazed ceramic quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, architectural mosaic style, figure and ground unified in cool structured geometric planes
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, face and body square to the canvas, smiling, traditional bust cropping, dramatic marbled contrasts with sweeping dark forms and glowing pale center