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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in warm sandy stone tones with rounded, cobbled texture
Warm pinks and rose with large painterly forms flanking the figure. Rich and sensuous. The figure feels present and inhabited.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in lush rose tones with bold, gestural brushwork
Deep cobalt blue and warm golden-yellow geometric planes fill the entire image. The figure is rendered in the same luminous yellow as the background geometry. Bold and immediate with figure and ground sharing a single warm-cool palette.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, in bold cobalt and gold geometric planes, De Stijl-inspired
Pale warm plaster with dark ornate architectural forms flanking the figure. The background reads as a classical interior with worn columns or pilasters. Painterly and warm with a genuinely historical quality.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in warm plaster tones with dark ornate architectural framing
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones over a dense field of script-like marks on pale ground
Warm cream and ivory ground with faint ghosted figure forms visible in the background texture. Painterly and delicate — the spectral presences are suggested rather than stated. Figure is confident and warm against the pale haunted surround. Flattering and quietly distinctive.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in warm ivory tones with ghosted figures drifting through the background
Pale ice blue and dark brown in large flat geometric planes — the figure shattered into cool angular fragments. Background dissolves into the same fractured geometry. Stained glass or broken mirror quality throughout. Cool and precise with real graphic authority.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in pale ice blue and dark brown geometric fragments with shattered-glass precision
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
Warm coral and peach collage fragments arranged in large diamond shapes suggest a torn-up pastel townscape — sun-bleached buildings seen from above or in elevation. Figure stands in front of the fragmented architecture against cool blue gaps. Tactile and sun-warmed.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, in warm coral and peach paper collage with cool blue gaps between torn fragments
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, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, 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, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, tight cropping, rendered in bold crimson-rose lines on near-white with graphic fashion illustration confidence