Cool grey with a prominent marble or stone form behind the figure. Elegant and architectural. The figure is framed rather than consumed by the background.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in cool grey tones with architectural marble framing the composition
Pale grey and white with large rounded sculptural forms in the background. Light and airy. The figure feels set against polished stone.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in pale grey and white with soft sculptural forms and an airy, polished atmosphere
Warm pink and grey with flowing organic forms in the background. Soft and painterly. The figure feels at ease in a gentle decorative surround.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in soft pink and grey tones with fluid painterly brushwork
Cool blue geometric planes like shattered ice filling the background. The figure is refracted rather than rendered. Cold and crystalline.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in fractured geometric planes of cool blue, crystalline and sharp
Warm sandy beige with large fractured stone planes filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in the same warm palette. Structural and grounded without coldness.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, painted in warm beige tones with fractured stone planes and naturalistic earthy figures
Warm grey-brown with tall dark architectural forms flanking the figure on either side. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the cool structured surround. Painterly and grounded with a monumental quality.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in warm flesh tones against cool architectural grey, painterly and monumental
Dark blue-grey ground with large pale peach and cream cloud-like forms rising behind the figure. The figure is warmly rendered in flesh tones against the cool dark surround. Painterly and dramatic with a strong light-dark contrast.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, painterly chiaroscuro with warm flesh tones against deep blue-grey shadow
Warm golden flesh tones rendered in loose confident brushwork. Background generates sun-warmed rocky outcrops in tawny ochre with cool blue-grey water or shadow. Painterly and Mediterranean in feel. Figure and stone share the same warm light.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, in sun-drenched Mediterranean oils with golden skin and tawny ochre rocks
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.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in high-contrast crumpled paper texture with bold graphic shadows
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.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in luminous sky blues with billowing rounded cloud forms in white and pale blue
Rich impasto in warm plum-mauve and cool blue with large loose visible brushstrokes unifying figure and background. Background generates rounded organic forms from the same energetic brushwork. The surface is alive throughout — one of the more genuinely painterly styles in the set.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in thick impasto with plum-mauve and cool blue, brushwork unifying figure and ground
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.
Figure sitting, modest pose, eye contact, street clothes, rendered in bold dark contour line on pale blue ground with warm flesh tones