freelucas

In the mid 1990’s when I started painting nude artwork (oil and watercolor), it was always difficult to find models I could portrait. Even when the boy was fine with modeling nude in front of me, the parents often had arguments with me, that they don’t want their boy’s privates to be shown. But what would be a nude painting be without showing the boy’s privates? The museums are full of art depicting boys nude. But when it comes to works with nude models nowadays, society points their fingers at you, and call you names you don’t want to hear at all, like being a pervert, a child molester or even a pedophile. When