Bold colour blocks in yellow blue grey and red fill the entire image. The figure reads through the grid rather than in front of it. Energetic and immediate.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in bold color-blocked geometry with raw Constructivist energy
Strong graphite on dark ground with bold sweeping strokes filling the background. High contrast and dramatic. The figure stands in a storm of marks!
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in bold graphite on dark ground with dramatic sweeping strokes
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.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in dense crosshatched ink with engraving-like precision and swirling figurative forms
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.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in warm sandy stone tones with rounded, cobbled texture
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.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in loose mosaic fragments of blue, white, and pink on a pale ground
Cool silver-grey throughout with large rounded cloud-like forms in a scaled pattern filling the background. The figure is rendered in the same silver tones as the surround with the face pushed to near-white. Unified and cool with a single luminous focal point.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in cool silver-grey tones with rounded cloud-like scaled forms
Pale ground with a dense blue-grey pattern of text-like or script-like marks filling the background. The figure is rendered in warm flesh tones over the inscribed surface. Distinctive and layered with an archaeological quality.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in warm flesh tones over a dense field of script-like marks on pale ground
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 leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in high-contrast crumpled paper texture with bold graphic shadows
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.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in bold angular marks with icy silver-blue peaks and warm painterly figure
Cool blue-grey and warm ochre-gold impasto with large diagonal brushstrokes creating a herringbone pattern across the entire surface. Figure and background unified in the same energetic mark-making. Flattering and enveloping — this style wraps its subject in warmth and movement.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in thick impasto strokes of blue-grey and ochre in a sweeping herringbone pattern
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 leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, rendered in bold dark contour line on pale blue ground with warm flesh tones
Near-white ground with sparse irregular dark forms in grey-brown and warm taupe scattered at the edges and base. Figure painted in warm flesh tones with precise dark line standing clearly in the open white field. Bright airy and uncluttered.
Figure leaning back, diverted eyes, nude, modest, painted in warm flesh tones with crisp ink lines on an open white ground