Strong graphite on dark ground with bold sweeping strokes filling the background. High contrast and dramatic. The figure stands in a storm of marks!
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, high-contrast charcoal style with expressive storm-like mark-making
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, forensic ink linework builds form through layered crosshatching on pale ground
Pure monochrome grey with large geometric faceted planes filling the background. The figure is folded into the same angular surface rather than modelled in the round. Precise and cool with no colour anywhere in the image.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, monochrome cubist facets, figure and ground merged in cool grey
Warm cream and pale pink with tall flowing organic forms filling the background. A fine woven texture maps figure and ground throughout. Warm and tactile with a gentle flowing quality.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, soft tactile weave of pale pink and cream, organic forms rippling through figure and ground
Cool grey and blue-white angular stone planes fill the background like a quarry face. Figure is clean and graphic against the fractured surround. Pale and architectural — precise rather than painterly. Strong structural character throughout.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, clean graphic figure against fractured stone-like angular planes in pale grey tones
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, painted with soft rounded cloud shapes in cool blue and white, warm figure against airy ground
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, dramatic jagged mountain forms in cool gestural strokes framing a warmly painted subject
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, painterly contrasts of warm figure against luminous rock and shadowed surround
Pale azure ground with large draped forms described in clean dark contour line. Figure rendered in the same decisive line with warm flesh tones. One of the more reliably flattering styles available. The clean line finds and elevates the essential form in almost any source.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, clean decisive linework on azure ground, draped forms in elegant dark outline
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, painted in loose gestural marks with golden flesh tones and floating torn-paper shapes
Near-white ground with sparse irregular dark forms in grey-brown and warm taupe scattered at the edges and base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark line standing clearly in the open white field. Bright airy and uncluttered.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, sparse ink forms in grey-brown and taupe framing a bright airy white field
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.
Kneeling, downcast eyes, kneeling, nude, subtle jewelry, astonished, tight cropping, strong contour lines and decisive strokes in crimson on minimal white ground