Ode to Nudes on a Dining Room Table

I have clients searching for a tasteful nude to hang above their bed in the master bedroom.  I have been searching for the right one.  Nudes come in all shapes, sizes and orientation.  The following were done by an artist who has left his journey on this earth.  A younger artist, who is very talented and doesn't have a nude in his collection,  has chosen to be a mentor to this gone but not forgotten artist and is burdened with thousands his nudes.  I visited his studio one day and was overwhelmed with the number and types of nudes this artist had generated over his life.  I selected some to share with my client and there are a few I am considering for myself.  Some of the nudes were so graphic I could hardly let my eyes rest on them.

The artist had three muses over his lifetime.  I could not decide whether the emotions he exposed in his paintings, drawings, and sketches illustrated a positive or negative passion for those women that were his muses.  Depending on the work at hand, I think both.  I have several of these works laid out on my dining room table.  They lay in wait for the clients to find time to come and see the treasures I have found. 

This is the one I hope will hang in their bedroom.  It is done is pastel.  The subject appears to be sleeping and has shed the sheets as the night has been hot.  I love the cool color pallet and the serenity this invokes.

This is muse, Leah.  I love the playfulness in this one. 

This subject appears to be having a conversation with the artist.  I love the way she appears to be completely uninhibited in her nakedness.  Not many of us are so comfortable in our own skins.

This nude is cubist.  I feel the artist did this years ago when he was experimenting with style.  There were not many in this style and as I said before he was prolific with over a thousand works piled in storage.

I love this one.  She is done in sepia tones.  She is wrapped into herself as if she is trying to be still and alone.  Is she trying to ignore the artist or is she in deep thought.

Although this is not a nude, I love the sepia tones and the attitude this model has.  She appears not to be engaged with her artist at all.  Completely confident that he doesn't get her at all.

I have the opportunity to look at these everyday and feel I am getting to know the nudes and the artist just a little better.  When my clients do come to look at the girls on the dining room table, I hope they find the one nude that will speak to them and hang over their bed in the master bedroom.