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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, powerful dark-ground graphite technique with bold gestural strokes
Warm painterly impasto with tall organic forms flanking the figure in muted golds blues and pinks. Loose and gestural. The figure stands in a gallery of painted shapes.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, painterly and expressive, thick impasto in soft golds and faded pinks
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, 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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, bold colour blocking in ochre and blue on a broken white ground, immediate and gestural
High-key warm white with large fractured plaster forms filling the background. Cool shadows give the pale surface depth and sculptural weight. Light and substantial with a bleached stone quality.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, large cracked plaster surfaces, light-filled yet substantial with cool-toned depth
Warm cream and pale blue with large flowing draped forms filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the sculptural surround. Calm and considered with a classical drapery quality.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, calm and classical, with large draped forms in cream and soft blue
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, figure in warm tones emerging from an archaeological ground of text-like markings
Cool blue-purple ground with fragmented cream and gold shapes behind a confident figure. Background generates a broken tile or stained glass quality. Bold and slightly psychedelic in register. Figure holds coherence against the fractured surround.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, fragmented tile-like surround in deep blue and gold with surreal intensity
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, painted with broken brushwork, cool palette, figure dissolving into textured ground
Stark black corners frame radiating crumpled white planes — crushed paper or foil caught in sharp light. Figure is warm against the high contrast surround. Graphic and dramatic with a strong print-like character. Bold silhouettes read with particular intensity in this style.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, sharp print-like treatment with warm figure against intense geometric shadow play
Irregular fragments in blue ochre warm taupe white and rose cover the entire surface in a varied and energetic mosaic. Figure built from the same colourful planes with red shoes catching the eye. More saturated and lively than Crockery — the palette of a well-stocked tile market.
Portrait of partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, bold fragmented brushwork in warm saturated blues, ochres, and rose
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 partially dressed subject with averted eyes, body canted, street clothes, subtle jewelry, cropped at the hip, dramatic marbled contrasts with sweeping dark forms and glowing pale center