Rodney Swansborough portrays the human nude in soft and subtle tones, reflecting the delicate nuances of the body. The use of acylics in these studies brings a sensuous beauty to these art works.

As a master of the chiaroscuro technique, Rodney Swansborough has set a bench mark for nude studies and chiaroscuro portraits using this method. The subtle softness in his art works produces tactile sensuality.

The use of pastels in his large portraiture art works, provides Rodney Swansborough with a medium which conveys the distinctive nature of his subtle tones and nuances in flesh and fabric See Googie Withers and Michael Millgate. See Rodney's pastel impressionist art of his "Agapanthus".