Warm brown and taupe tones with dramatic rocky stone forms flanking the figure. Painterly and classical in feel. The figure and background feel genuinely integrated.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, integrated figure and landscape in warm browns, painterly realism
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, stark monochrome with controlled shadow and geometric structure
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 nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, etching-style crosshatch traces every contour with obsessive, engraving-like intensity
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, free tessellated brushwork in blue, white, and pink, figure and field unified
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, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, sharp alpine geometry in dark silver and blue, contrasting with richly painted warm tones
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, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, pale rounded forms catch cool light against dark ground, teal edges shimmering
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.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, pale blue ground, strong contour line and warm flesh tones in classical figure style
Pale blue and cream angular planes fill the background in large airy blocks — bright and open rather than heavy. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the luminous cool ground. Light-filled and confident.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, luminous cubist planes in blue, cream, and confident warm tones
Saturated yellow ground with vertical streaks and drips of red orange and blue running through the composition like paint in motion. Figure painted in warm flesh and orange-red tones fully absorbed into the blazing ground. Hot gestural and overwhelming.
Portrait of nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, executed in urgent expressionist strokes, flesh and ground merging in volcanic color
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 nude subject, making eye contact, in which arms play a vital role, body canted, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, delicate icy facets of blue-grey white and cream against a crushed-paper ground
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, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, 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, arms out, subtle jewelry, traditional bust cropping, airy and spacious, warm taupe and blue-grey forms drifting freely on a near-white ground