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Modern Woman by the Sea (2024) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Drawing,
Pastel
on Cardboard
- Dimensions Height 14in, Width 11in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Drawings under $1,000 Abstract Female nudes
Were she wearing nothing, she might feel overly exposed and possibly not comfortable about her clothing choice.
But she is wearing a minimal garment that hides nothing about the form of her body and only hides the actual view of her nipples and external genitals. This "virtual nudity might or might not bother her, but it is the style of the times in the society in which she lives and she tolerates it so as not to appear odd to people she doesn't know and will probably never see again.
She is a victim of contradictory messages about what should be displayed and where and when, but we can but hope this does not make her uncomfortable because she is in possession of one of the examples of the prototype of beauty in civilization. She kindly shares that with her fellow humans and in so doing makes the world a more beautiful place and the world rewards her by making her body a focus of attention.
But her body on display is not just another pretty thing, it is herself, not all of what she is, but part of it, inseparable from who she is. It may not meet her ideals of beauty, but it probably meets someone's ideal, though she may or may not know of it.
Hopefully her choice to wear or not wear such a costume reflects her decision to accept and love herself as what she is. Hopefully it is comfortable and she is comfortable wearing it. It may be mostly only a symbolic covering but it is a real symbolic covering.
The rest of us, both those who share this choice and those who merely admire the view will see it with gratitude for the gift we are given and respect for the one displaying her body.
Life is filled with many things, both awful and sublime. Women's bodies are among the sublime things that we experience, more exciting for the viewer than the one wearing it. I appreciate them all.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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