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.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, forensic ink linework builds form through layered crosshatching on pale ground
Warm painterly impasto with tall organic forms flanking the figure in muted golds blues and pinks. Loose and gestural. The figure stands in a gallery of painted shapes.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, loose gestural brushwork with organic forms in dusty warm tones
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 a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, high-key warm white forms with bleached stone texture and cool shadow relief
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 a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, painted against pearlescent draped fabric in blues and silver with luminous warmth
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 a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, painted with soft rounded cloud shapes in cool blue and white, warm figure against airy ground
Deep cobalt blue background with warm golden-yellow forms bursting outward in bold impasto. Figure painted in warm cream and flesh tones at the centre of the energy. Theatrical and baroque — stormy sky with golden light breaking through. One of the more dramatically coloured styles in the set.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, bold baroque drama with swirling cream flesh tones against deep blue
Pale watercolour-like ground with soft grey-blue shadow marks and rose-pink accents catching at knees hands and floor. Dark forms loom in the upper corners. The surface has a first-pull silkscreen quality — colour present but not yet fully arrived. Delicate and slightly unresolved.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, silkscreen-like, colour barely arrived, delicate and unresolved
Cool blue-grey and near-black with a blazing white centre that backlights the figure dramatically. Large dark organic forms sweep in from both sides like heavy wings or drawn curtains. Figure sits at the threshold of light and shadow in deep cool tones with only traces of warm flesh breaking through.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, dramatic chiaroscuro in near-black and icy white, organic shadows framing a glowing centre
Entire surface built from fine regular dots in warm peach cream terracotta and cool blue giving the image a needlepoint or petit point textile quality. Cool blue border frames the composition. Figure reads through the dot structure with warmth and intricacy.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, built from dense regular dots evoking petit point embroidery in warm and cool tones
Large angular faceted planes in pale blue-grey white and cream cover the entire surface like crumpled paper or crushed ice. Figure painted in warm flesh tones sits gently against the cool crystalline ground. Precise delicate and icy.
Portrait of a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm flesh tones
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 a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, painted in loose gestural marks with golden flesh tones and floating torn-paper shapes
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 a subject, not making eye contact,. Arms play a vital role, body square, street clothes, traditional bust cropping, strong contour lines and decisive strokes in crimson on minimal white ground