Reflections in the Portrait

Impressionism and Ukiyo-e: The Beginnings of Japan and the West Inspiring Each Other.

Spotlight: Life and Destruction: Katsushika Hokusai and The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Florida’s Highwaymen

The poet Robert Frost in his poem The Road Not Taken mentioned two diverging roads and taking the one less traveled. Now…

Body Acceptance and a Greater Appreciation for Non-White Beauty: A Silver Lining in Gaugin’s Dark Legacy

Artists and Their Demons

Separate the art from the artist. We’ve all heard that phrase before. Whether it’s a sexual scandal that an actor…

The SF High School Washington Murals: A Plea to Both Sides

Spotlight: Scream Creatively: Edvard Munch and the Scream

Michelangelo and Divinity

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the…

Isn’t it kind of strange, not that people see nudes in a life drawing class, but that it’s the only place that it’s supposed to feel natural? I often wonder why as a society we are afraid of the human body. In my mind, a life drawing, or painting for that matter, class shouldn’t feel strange at all. There is a godliness to the human body, it is sacred.