Tasteful Nude Art

Aleksey and Marina - Photographers

2007-09-30T02:09:00.000-05:00

Aleksey Kozlov
and Marina Khlebnikova
are a dynamic photography
duo from Russia.

They specialize in both
photography and "phtoto
painting" digital techniques.
Their work is gorgeous,
well thought out, and edgy
without crossing the line.

Marlen Muccio - Painter

2006-12-23T18:32:00.000-05:00

In visiting Orlando's Gallery Q for an exhibition I discovered this fine artist's work. Marlen Muccio was born and raised in Peru where she began painting and drawing as a child. She later trained under Chilean master, Jaime Ferrer, for four years to learn the subtleties of painting with oils.

In 2001 she studied with Jay DePalma to refine her pencil work, and worked on her portrait skills in oil with Argentine artist and teacher J.M. Garcia-Segovia. In 2002 she explored her interest in realism by drawing from live models with Cuban-American art historian, Leony Fernandez.

Today she shares her passion for creating art by teaching youngsters to paint and draw.

Her work is just delghtful and I hope to see more good work from her in local galleries in the future.

Pahur - Body Painter

2006-12-20T00:36:00.000-05:00

Pashur is incredible at what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him and seeing him work live at a large art event called nude nite in Orlando several years ago. It is amazing how quickly he paints his models to look so perfect.

Pashur lives off his art full time, creating experiences for live events, and teaching workshops all over the U.S. His skill with an airbrush is undeniable, as is his love of the female form.

He has won several awards including his self-proclaimed "cool award". I can attest to this though, having gotten to know him over the years.

"So why do I do what I do? The artist in me wanted to create unique works of art involving the beauty of the human form thus I chose body painting. My artwork comes alive on canvas that is alive. My art lives and breathes..literally. How many artists can truly say that? They say watching paint dry is dull, however with a human being as your canvas it takes a whole new turn."

He has more information and a slew of images to see on his website.

Chris Macan - Photographer

2006-12-19T20:12:00.000-05:00

Chris is a photographer in Havertown, Pennsylvania who specializes in figure studies. His work is fun and beautiful. He does some black and white, infrared, and is a fine artist and curator as well. Please visit his model mayhem page.

Jeffrey Scott - Multi-talented Manipulator

2006-12-17T19:06:00.000-05:00

I first encountered Jeffrey's work last year in NYC flipping through some art magazine. His work immediately struck me. When it comes to art, I am relatively easy to please, but difficult to blow away. Jeffrey's work rocks my world in a way unlike many artists ever have. I love to see digital art that is well done, and of course have a fondness for figurative work. Digital has certainly grown up, and Jeffrey is on the forefront of photo manipulation (which he actually thinks of more as photo sculpting).

He started sculpting when he was young, later discovering painting and finally photography in 2002. He began using techniques learned in other disciplines and applied them to his photo manipulation work. He feels with his new work he is expressing himself as he has always wanted but been unable: "...I discovered that through digital manipulation of all of these photographic elements, I didn't have to compromise anymore. Now I can illustrate EXACTLY what is in my head."

Jeffrey's work can be beautiful and disturbing. He explores dark themes with much of his work, and confronts the viewer with images that may create discomfort or shock. However, much of his work is simply beautiful and indescribable by words. In me, his work provokes thought and inspires my imagination.

His main work explores the human female figure. "There is nothing more astoundingly beautiful than the female form. If we look at the thought of God as an artist... God made all of these things-the land, the oceans, the trees, the animals, man... then woman... Something that contained all of the beauties and elements of the creations before it. There has been nothing new since then... Now to mix that exquisite beauty and architecture with something man made and frightening, or disturbing, as you put it, creates an incredible contrast to me." The man has a way with words as well as art.

So go see more of Jeffrey's work on his myspace page, his website, and his onemodelplace profile. And you can pre-order his book in hardcover on his website or softcover from Amazon.com. I just ordered mine.

David Cavaliere

2006-12-16T21:08:00.000-05:00

David spent a decade in Boston before returning to his hometown of Tampa, Florida.

He spends much of his time creating and selling plaster casts.

He also enjoys painting with oils. After an injury last year prevented him from participating in his passions for skateboarding and surfing, he spends all his time on his artistic projects.

Kiwitopia - Marvin Arevalo

2006-12-15T19:31:00.000-05:00

Marvin's work is quite interesting. There is diversity in his style. He received his BFA in SUNY in Oswego NY, not too far from my original hometown of Rochester.

He works with several mediums and has some compelling collage works.

Samples of his work can be seen on flickr, deviantart, and myspace.

Fab Art Girl - Traditional Artist

2006-12-15T01:11:00.001-05:00

Corbett Kimball is from Texas and does a lovely job at rendering the human form with traditional media. Her original artworks are made with oils, pastels, ink, watercolors, graphite, charcoal, mixed media, collage, and some photography. She has some delightful nude art interspersed amongst portraiture and other figurative works.

She is an artist, performer, and teacher. She specializes in portraiture, and also training models. And even more can be discovered about her and her work here.

John L. DeMike - Body Painter

2006-12-15T00:29:00.000-05:00

The naked human body makes for a great canvas. I have experimented with this medium myself, but nothing worthy of being posted here.

John L. DeMike is from my current hometown of Orlando. Though I have never met him, I do enjoy his work. It is whimsical and fun. His website is light on backstory, but has a lot of sample images. His myspace page shows his penchant for dressing himself up for all sorts of roles in addition to showing more of his work. He has found some lovely models to create artistic nudes.

I am eager to see how his style develops over time.

Echo Chernick - Excellent Illustrator

2006-12-14T22:53:00.000-05:00

Echo is a fantastic illustrator specializing in sexy. She is from my neck of the woods, sunny Florida. She describes her work as "...sexy art nouveau women for advertising, bookcover, interior book illustration, pin up and poster design". Since I discovered her work on myspace it has captivated me. Though not all of her art is nude, it is all fantastic.

Echo has been honored with several awards including Create magazine's Gold award. She also has an amazing client list for her illustrations.

She has several products available featuring her images here. And a more complete look at her illustrative work here.

Welcome

2006-12-14T18:05:00.000-05:00

I am Gabriel Chapman, an artist in Orlando, Florida. I am fascinated by the human form, and specialize in figurative artography. I just decided to start a blog to catalog all things beautiful and nude. I intend to keep this blog thoughtful and tasteful. If you or a friend creates nude artistic works, please send them my way. If I like the work I will post about it and a link. Please keep it good quality, and no pornography.