Artists have always been obsessed with the naked figure, and for good reason. It’s raw, real, and beautifully human. BARING IT ALL isn’t about playing it safe. These works lean into the messiness. They’re fearless, delicate, awkward, a little uncomfortable at times, and that’s the point. They show the human form in all its complexity…not just skin, but stories, scars, and soul.
BARING IT ALL
Best of Show- Untitled Reclining Nude
William Webster
graphite and white pencil on colored paper
Oregon City, Oregon
Director's Choice- see me, the modern venus
Director's Choice- Untitled
Michael Gordon
graphite and charcoal
Austin, Texas
Temperance (Life-size)
Written in the Stars
I Dare You
A Pulling
Reclining Nude, Female
Maggie with Birdies
Kevin Schroeder
prisma pencil
Temperance, Michigan
Wyoming NW
2 Hour Pose - Bria
Buckeye Heaven
Psychedelic Swing (detail)
NaFeBo
Down by the River
Tub #6
Entwined Figure 1
Quinn Connolly
gouache
Williston, Vermont
Sinful
Horned
Patrick Beauclair
oil on masonite
Gatineau, Canada
En Libre
Wirecutter ii
Lori
Adagio
Reclaim Us II
Mask
Jack Girard
collage and mixed media on Rives and Arches paper
Lexington, Kentucky
Reticence
In Contemplation
Sharon Krinsky
watercolor and ink
Bronx, New York
Naked Identity V
The Resting Dancer
Arms Around The Fallen
Acceptance
Peace
Reaching Man
Beth Humphrey
red conte charcoal, red colored pencil, newsprint
West Harwich, Massachusetts
Michael with grotesque heads
Recline
John Nyquist
ink
Burdett, New York
Unbound
Kim Olen
watercolor, pencil
Sherborn, Massachusetts
East of Eden
Speculum Within
Bodyscape-Pearls
Anastasia (and news went through the wide town to friends)
Strength and Beauty in Bloom
After the Bath
Seduction
Tony J. Smith
oil on canvas
Oxnard, California
Flying on a Nice Day
Joy
Reconstruction
Beyond Redemption
Katherine Michelle Estrada
oil painting on canvas
Miami, Florida
Cappello
My body
Yichen He
canvas, cyanotype
Shanghai, China
Levitate
Vince Quevedo
art quilt
Kent, Ohio
Woman in blue
Spectacle
Hidden Wounds
In the Quiet of Being
Fallen Seraphim
David Grable
color pencil and graphite on claybord
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Untitled
Zach Bernotas
resin and acrylic pain
Sam Gabriel, California
At the door
Entwined
Comorbidity
Weekend Getaway
Disengage
Tin Man
Mask
Nursling
Persephone
Coy
Shipshape
Marc Brechwald
graphite on bristol
Tampa, Florida
Trunk
Baring Her Blood
Malcolm Glass
infrared photography
Clarksville, Tennessee