Soft impressionist brushwork in pale pinks greens and blues with floral forms in the background. Delicate and luminous. The figure feels alive with light and colour.
Nude dancing with a curtain, luminous impressionist style with pale floral tones and delicate brushwork
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.
Nude dancing with a curtain, elegant stone backdrop in cool grey, figure distinctly framed against structured form
Warm sandy stone with rounded cobble-like forms filling the background. Soft and tactile. The figure feels set into the surface rather than placed in front of it.
Nude dancing with a curtain, soft tactile stonework with embedded, sculpted depth
Pure monochrome grey with large geometric faceted planes filling the background. The figure is folded into the same angular surface rather than modelled in the round. Precise and cool with no colour anywhere in the image.
Nude dancing with a curtain, monochrome cubist facets, figure and ground merged in cool grey
Pale grey and warm brown with large rounded cloud-like forms filling the background. The figure is naturalistically rendered in warm flesh tones against the soft organic surround. Painterly and warm with a gentle depth to the background.
Nude dancing with a curtain, naturalistic figure painting with painterly warm tones and gentle organic depth
Cool blue and grey with large swirling floral forms filling the background. The figure is warmly rendered and pops against the cool decorative surround. Painterly and distinctive with a strong pattern character.
Nude dancing with a curtain, amid bold curvilinear florals in cool blue and grey, warmly rendered against patterned surround
Warm golden-ochre with tall dark ornate column forms flanking the figure. The figure is rendered in luminous warm tones against the architectural surround. Rich and structured with a classical grandeur.
Nude dancing with a curtain, luminous figure set against richly detailed architectural surroundings
Deep navy and violet flank large pale cloud-like forms at the centre — the composition reads like dark wings around a spotlight. Figure is warm and illuminated against the cool dramatic surround. Ghosted face visible in the lower right adds an eerie presence. Atmospheric and slightly otherworldly.
Nude dancing with a curtain, dramatic cool-toned atmosphere with warm illuminated focal glow
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.
Nude dancing with a curtain, dramatic jagged mountain forms in cool gestural strokes framing a warmly painted subject
Luminous white cloud forms fill the background with dark charcoal tendril or vine-like marks threading through them. Cool blue-grey at the base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones against the pale open surround. Looser and more organic than Pale Damask — botanical rather than decorative.
Nude dancing with a curtain, soft cloudlike ground with charcoal vine tracery and cool blue-grey base
Cool teal-green and blue-grey background in loose broken brushwork with warm golden flesh tones glowing at the centre. The contrast between sunlit figure and cool watery surround is the defining quality. Luminous and flattering — one of the more beautiful colour combinations in the set.
Nude dancing with a curtain, loose impressionist brushwork, cool watery blues contrasting warm glowing skin
Flat irregular stone forms in cool grey-white with dark crack lines fill the background like a rendered stone wall. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark outline standing clearly in front of the flat pale ground. Clean graphic and architectural.
Nude dancing with a curtain, rendered with clean outlines and flat pale architectural stonework behind