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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, dramatic stone forms in rich ochre and taupe, old master style
Cool grey with swirling marks and ghostly repeated faces emerging from the background. Unsettling and distinctive. The figure stands in a crowd of shadows.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, eerie repeated figures emerge from shadowy grey backgrounds with expressive gestural marks
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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, scattered colour patches dissolving figure into ground in cool pink and blue
Cool grey-brown with tall dark arched panels flanking the figure. The panels carry circular rivet-like forms giving the background a strong industrial character. Stark and architectural with a mechanical edge.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, architectural metalwork backdrop, dark arched forms with circular rivets, mechanical severity
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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, high-key warm white forms with bleached stone texture and cool shadow relief
Cool blue taupe and pale rose with rounded smooth boulder forms filling the background. Figure is warm and confident against the cool stone surround. Naturalistic and grounded — the background reads as river-worn stone rather than angular rock. Softer and more painterly than Blue Granite.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, warm figure set against cool rounded boulder forms, painterly and grounded
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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, 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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, 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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, clean decisive linework on azure ground, draped forms in elegant dark outline
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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, painted with precise crystalline geometry in cool white and warm 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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, bold fluid shadows frame a warmly lit central figure with cool blue accents
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.
Gangly nude sprawled at the piano, painted in loose gestural marks with golden flesh tones and floating torn-paper shapes