"The Artist's Corner..."

Untitled Nude

Mixed media

Nicolaas Porter

(Aad Nicolaas Sterrebaan)

What I Like About This: Nude works are amongst the hardest to execute well... There's always the danger of crossing the line from tasteful art to full-on pornography. Yet here is a lovely and evocative example of an expert's ability to transit that line.  From the rich coloring and skilled use of light and form, this Dutch artist living in Surinam whose many works feature people of color has created a piece which provokes one to question who, what, when, where and why? As art always has, he gives us a glimpse into a world not our own, but of another's.