Cool grey with swirling marks and ghostly repeated faces emerging from the background. Unsettling and distinctive. The figure stands in a crowd of shadows.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in cool grey tones with swirling marks and ghostly layered faces
Warm painterly rendering with a rocky stone background in cool grey and blue. The figure feels grounded and real. Naturalistic and unfussy.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, in warm painterly tones against cool grey-blue stone
High contrast black and white with dark architectural forms flanking the figure. Graphic and controlled. The figure stands in a surround of deep shadow and structure.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in stark black and white with bold architectural shadows
Rich charcoal tones blending from deep black into pale white through smudge and atmosphere. The figure emerges from the ground rather than sitting on it. Dramatic but still.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in deep charcoal with atmospheric smudging and stark tonal contrast
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in loose mosaic fragments of blue, white, and pink on a pale ground
Warm rose and crimson with large flanking figurative forms swirling around the central figure. Background generates ghosted body shapes in pink and deep charcoal — reflected or echoed presences closing in. Figure stands in a surround of its own warm shadows. Intimate and confrontational.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in warm rose and crimson with swirling figurative forms and ghosted shadow presences
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, smiling, cropped at the waist, 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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
Warm geometric fragmentation in cream taupe and deep red-brown with strong architectural planes. The figure is refracted through large faceted forms — crystalline and structural. Background generates towering angular geometry that frames and fragments in equal measure.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in warm cubist facets of cream, taupe, and deep red-brown with bold architectural planes
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
Flat irregular stone forms in cool grey-white with dark crack lines fill the background like a rendered stone wall. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark outline standing clearly in front of the flat pale ground. Clean graphic and architectural.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, smiling, cropped at the waist, in a graphic style with warm figure against a cool stone-textured ground
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, smiling, cropped at the waist, rendered in bold crimson-rose lines on near-white with graphic fashion illustration confidence