Bold yellow dominates with dramatic dark gestural marks cutting through figure and background alike. High impact and immediate. The colour owns the image.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in bold yellow with slashing dark gestural marks, raw and immediate
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 and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in pale, cool tones with ghostly figures dissolving into misty backgrounds
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, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in stark black and white with bold architectural shadows
Hot coral and orange figure burns against fractured cool blue and white ground. Background generates angular broken planes with a ghosted second figure visible behind. Strong warm-cool tension dominates. Sources with bold colour read with hallucinatory intensity.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in fractured expressionist planes of hot coral against cool blue-white geometry
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, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in warm rose and crimson with swirling figurative forms and ghosted shadow presences
Bright sky blue with large rounded cloud-like forms in white and pale blue surrounding the figure. Figure is warm and grounded against the airy cool surround. Light and open — one of the most genuinely sky-like backgrounds in this range. Luminous and uplifting.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in luminous sky blues with billowing rounded cloud forms in white and pale blue
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 and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight 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 and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in moody oils with glowing pale stone against deep charcoal and purple
Cool blue and pale grey with large flowing folded forms filling the background — billowing fabric or soft drapery rendered in fluid organic shapes. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with blue-grey overlay. Lighter and more structured than Ashen Chaos — cool and considered.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, in cool blues and pale grey with billowing draped forms and warm flesh tones
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 and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones
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 nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in vibrant mosaic fragments of blue, ochre, taupe, and rose
Pale near-white ground with loose organic forms in cool blue-grey and warm taupe floating around the figure like torn fragments drifting in open space. Figure painted in warm golden flesh tones with loose painterly marks. Airy and open with generous white space throughout.
Portrait of nude subject making eye contact, face and body angled way from the canvas, body square, very tight cropping, rendered in pale washes with drifting cool and warm fragments on an open white ground