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, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, integrated figure and landscape in warm browns, painterly realism
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, powerful dark-ground graphite technique with bold gestural strokes
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, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, inhabited figure amid sweeping rose hues and expressive strokes
Pale grey and white with large rounded sculptural forms in the background. Light and airy. The figure feels set against polished stone.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, in a cool, luminous palette with smooth monolithic shapes suggesting polished marble
Deep dark ground with large pale cloud-like forms and a vivid teal-cyan glow tracing the figure's edges. Dramatic and immediate with strong contrast between the dark surround and the luminous outline. More intense than similar trace styles.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, with intense cyan-glow figure tracing against near-black background
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight 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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, in delicate iridescent blues and lavender with silky vertical flow and glowing warmth
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, in a romantic painterly style with abstract roses, cool crystal tones, and luminous warmth
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, sharp alpine geometry in dark silver and blue, contrasting with richly painted warm tones
Dark near-black ground with large pale rounded forms glowing with cool violet-grey light and teal edge highlights. Figure stands warm against the luminous floating masses. The orbs read as buoyant and light-catching rather than geological — strange and quietly spectacular.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, pale rounded forms catch cool light against dark ground, teal edges shimmering
Pale watercolour-like ground with soft grey-blue shadow marks and rose-pink accents catching at knees hands and floor. Dark forms loom in the upper corners. The surface has a first-pull silkscreen quality — colour present but not yet fully arrived. Delicate and slightly unresolved.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, muted watercolour ground with dark looming corners and blush accents
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, statement jewlry, tight cropping, dramatic marbled contrasts with sweeping dark forms and glowing pale center