The Nude in the 21st Century

Megan Angolia



Paul Barton



Santiago Bejarano



Buck Braden



Buck Braden



Lynn Chen



Lynn Chen



Lynn Chen



Matthew Cook



Matthew Cook



Matthew Cook



Alfredo Decurtis



Evan Degenfelder



Patrick Deshaye



Daniel Gonzalez



Erin Robinson Grant



Uta Fehlhaber-Smith



Jonathan Harkham



Jonathan Harkham



Jordan Hayes



Justyna Kisielewicz



Justyna Kisielewicz



Cindy Lemmon



Erin Libby



Jeffery Mathison



Jason Mayer



James McComas



James McComas



James McComas



Sagan Newham



Ted Nuttall



Jason Pitzl



Karen Rempel



Asher Rose



Seth Rouser



Seth Rouser



De Anne Sbardellati



Karen Schmidt



Karen Schmidt



Chris Sheridan



Emily Stark



Amber Stene



Amber Stene



Amber Stene



Gary Stutler



Gary Stutler



Gary Stutler



Steve Tannenbaum



Brooke Walker-Knoblich



Roger Walkup



Roger Walkup



William Webster



William Webster



William Webster



Efram Wolff



Carol Wood



YIGE XIE



Shanlin Ye



Shanlin Ye


Uta Fehlhaber-Smith
(Portland, OR, USA)
Artist Website

Standing Female, Acrylic and watercolor on paper, 35" x 26"

My art studies in Germany in the Sixties began with the focus on sculpture, where nude drawings were an important part of the curriculum. While it was important then to draw the human figure "academically correct" my interest later shifted to the expressionistic quality of that genre.

The gender specific aspects and body language became more important to me. The standing female in this exhibit is an example of this ambition. While this alluring, one might even say sexy curvy back view of a female conjures up self confidence it also juxtaposes with a certain shyness and innocence.

This was a quick drawing with watercolor sticks on cheap newsprint paper, which I mounted on acid free Arches paper. The mounting had some flaws, i.e. wrinkles. Oddly enough I am not so upset about this, since that effect may be seen as wistful comment to the transitoriness of beauty.


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