Fragments the source into angular colour planes with a cubist edge. Renders consistently in warm reds. The planes find bone structure on faces and body geometry on figures with equal conviction.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in angular red color planes with cubist geometry
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in stark black and white with bold architectural shadows
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm sandy stone tones with rounded, cobbled texture
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in loose mosaic fragments of blue, white, and pink on a pale ground
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm flesh tones and pale blue with a pop-art grid of repeated figures
Dusty mauve-grey stone texture absorbs the figure into the surface. Body reads as shallow relief rather than figure against background. Cool and permanent — the source becomes architecture.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, carved from pale stone, form emerging from ancient grey matter
Warm cream and near-white ground with fluid swirling organic forms. Figure is golden-warm against an almost bleached surround. Background generates soft billowing shapes — fabric-like or smoke-like. Airy and luminous with a light classical feel.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm cream tones with fluid, billowing forms and soft classical light
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 nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in high-contrast crumpled paper texture with bold graphic shadows
Warm cream and ivory ground with faint ghosted figure forms visible in the background texture. Painterly and delicate — the spectral presences are suggested rather than stated. Figure is confident and warm against the pale haunted surround. Flattering and quietly distinctive.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in warm ivory tones with ghosted figures drifting through the background
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
Cool teal and blue with swirling rounded organic forms creating a vortex-like background. Dark border frames the composition. Figure is warm against the cool oceanic surround. Dynamic and fluid — the background has genuine rotational energy. Related to Blue Organ but more oceanic than biological.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in swirling teal and blue with fluid vortex energy and a dark framing border
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, square to the canvas. Arms play a vital role, body square, traditional bust cropping, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones