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, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
Pale cool ground with ghostly figurative forms emerging from the background. Soft and ethereal. The figure shares the space with phantom presences.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale, cool tones with ghostly figures dissolving into misty backgrounds
Dense ink crosshatch on pale ground with swirling figurative forms filling the background. Engraving-like in character. The line maps the figure with forensic intensity.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in dense crosshatched ink with engraving-like precision and swirling figurative forms
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm sandy stone tones with rounded, cobbled texture
Cool grey with large angular fractured rock forms flanking the figure on both sides. The figure is warmly rendered in flesh tones against the cool jagged surround. Naturalistic and grounded with a raw stone quality.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, painted in warm flesh tones set against cool grey fractured stone, naturalistic and raw
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones and pale blue with a pop-art grid of repeated figures
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, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
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, face square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
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, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in pale washes with soft grey-blue shadows and rose-pink highlights
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
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 square to the canvas but body angled away, body canted, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, rendered in angular faceted planes of pale blue-grey and cream like crumpled ice