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.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in loose mosaic fragments of blue, white, and pink on a pale ground
Warm ochre and flesh tones on the figure against a fractured white ground with bold blue and yellow colour blocks. The grid is loose and painterly rather than hard-edged. Energetic and immediate with strong graphic presence.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in warm ochre and flesh tones against a fractured white ground with bold colour blocks
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, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in faceted grey geometric planes, angular and precise
Sandy ochre and warm stone tones with the background generating a clear arch and flanking walls that frame the figure in a niche. Painterly and naturalistic with strong architectural presence. The figure feels placed rather than imposed.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in warm ochre and stone hues with architectural framing
Warm peach gold and dusty mauve fragments spiral behind a coherent figure. Background generates strong rotational energy — almost kaleidoscopic. Figure holds while the surroundings dissolve into motion. Energetic and flattering to warm sources.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in swirling peach gold and dusty mauve with kaleidoscopic rotational energy
Cool blue-grey palette with chunky broken brushwork throughout. Background generates irregular boulder or cloud-like forms in blue grey and muted brown. Figure merges softly with the cool ground. Loose and painterly with a raw textural quality.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, in a loose painterly style with chunky brushwork and cool blue-grey tones
Warm cream and ivory ground with faint ghosted figure forms visible in the background texture. Painterly and delicate — the spectral presences are suggested rather than stated. Figure is confident and warm against the pale haunted surround. Flattering and quietly distinctive.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in warm ivory tones with ghosted figures drifting through the background
Cool blue and mauve with large rounded petal-like forms filling the background — abstract roses with a crystalline flash. Figure is warm and painterly against the cool floral surround. Soft and romantic but with a sparkling edge. Distinctive and immediately appealing.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, in a soft romantic style with cool blue-mauve florals and warm painterly brushwork
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, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
Cool blue silver and white with tall draped figurative forms flanking the central figure — statuesque sentinels in pale marble tones. Figure stands between the cool pale presences. Elegant and ceremonial rather than threatening. Classical in feel with a distinctive flanking composition.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in cool marble tones with statuesque flanking figures in classical composition
Deep saturated navy ground with large warm cream rounded forms glowing loosely behind the figure. Figure painted naturalistically in warm flesh tones. The contrast between the intense blue surround and luminous pale masses gives the image a nocturnal intimacy. Painterly and atmospheric.
Nude, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, painted in warm flesh tones against a deep saturated navy ground with glowing cream forms
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, in ballet shoes, kneeling in a chair looking back over her shoulder, rendered in luminous whites with dark tendril marks and warm flesh tones