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, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, unsettling grey palette, ghostly crowd of faces dissolving into swirling textured shadow
Fine crosshatch and contour lines on a warm ground with geometric forms in the background. Detailed and energetic. The lines map the figure with conviction.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, detailed ink hatching on warm ground, geometric forms receding behind the figure
Warm ochre and flesh tones on the figure against a fractured white ground with bold blue and yellow colour blocks. The grid is loose and painterly rather than hard-edged. Energetic and immediate with strong graphic presence.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, bold colour blocking in ochre and blue on a broken white ground, immediate and gestural
High-key warm white with large fractured plaster forms filling the background. Cool shadows give the pale surface depth and sculptural weight. Light and substantial with a bleached stone quality.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, large cracked plaster surfaces, light-filled yet substantial with cool-toned depth
Cool blue lavender and silver with a silky vertical flow in the background — draped fabric or cascading water in cool light. Figure is warm against the pearlescent surround. Iridescent and luminous throughout. One of the more delicate and distinctive backgrounds in this range.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, in delicate iridescent blues and lavender with silky vertical flow and glowing warmth
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, sharp print-like treatment with warm figure against intense geometric shadow play
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, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, in a romantic painterly style with abstract roses, cool crystal tones, and luminous warmth
Dark near-black ground with large pale rounded forms glowing with cool violet-grey light and teal edge highlights. Figure stands warm against the luminous floating masses. The orbs read as buoyant and light-catching rather than geological — strange and quietly spectacular.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, pale rounded forms catch cool light against dark ground, teal edges shimmering
Deep navy terracotta-red and pale blue-grey rectangular blocks arranged in a stark architectural composition. Figure painted naturalistically in warm flesh tones against the hard-edged colour field. Modernist and uncompromising — colour as architecture.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, rendered in uncompromising color-field geometry with naturalistic warm flesh tones
Large irregular fragments of cobalt cream deep red and teal burst outward from the figure like a shattered wall fresco. Figure painted in warm terracotta and flesh planes with the same impasto weight as the ground. The whole surface feels ceramic and substantial.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, painted as a burst wall fresco with substantial impasto and earthy flesh tones
Pale blue-white ground with large fluid dark forms sweeping in from the sides like heavy shadow or dark marble veining. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with cool blue accents standing clearly in the pale centre. Dramatic and fluid with a marbled quality.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, dramatic marbled contrasts with sweeping dark forms and glowing pale center
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, statement jewlry, cropped at the waist, airy and spacious, warm taupe and blue-grey forms drifting freely on a near-white ground