Know what it is that actually breathes before clothing it. Look at it until you can see it. Draw it, Draw it. Draw it. See it gradually come alive - become the foundation of the successful rendering of a body clothed. - 03

It is not that the nude or nudity is disturbing but that we are disturbed by it, which is revealing. - 02

Today, the nude is much too undressed, unclothed, stripped, sex and touch-phobia-related to be anything other than frighteningly naked. - 02

Most contemporary representations of the nude, be they paintings, sculptures or drawings are too naked to be nudes. - 02

There is a great lack of physical, emotional and even sensual empathy in the contemporary representation of the nude figure for it to be of any artistic value. - 02

There is a lot to be said about the breast-heavy, anorexic female figures which make up our contemporary obsession with nakedness. And most of that would be better expressed on a couch than on a canvas. - 02

A nude which has little if any affiliation with exhibitionism, which expresses warmth and confidence and an actual story, which has little or nothing to do with contemporary angst or submissiveness or abuse or domination would best be described as a “who” and not a “which”. Sad to say, that such a wondrous nude is now so rarely visible, or even recognized, in the realm of the arts. - 01

To know the difference between erotica and pornography you must first know the difference between naked and nude. - 01

“What colour is skin?” This is an academic question for which there are no academic answers. Every skin is a mix of different colours. Sometimes its hue depends on the nearest other colours or nearest sources of light, in addition to secondary sources of bounced or reflected lights. Skin colour is more a result of ambiant light. At times, skin colours depend on the observing person’s feelings or perceptions. They can also reflect the feelings of the observed; how intensely they love to hate or hate to love, how intensely they are happy or sad, how the painter interprets the totality of the portrait experience. And finally, colour may be affected and most always is by the health (either  emotional or physical or both) of the person being observed. - 99

Nude is so much more about feelings of freedom - naked about the fear of seeing or being seen or being sinful. Nude is about exhaltation and the tingling greatness of the Creator. Naked is too much about guilt and anxiety and self-loathing to be of God. - 98