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I was inspired to paint the series of nudes, of which this is one, by classical figurative paintings. My aim was to convey the classical grace of those images in a contemporary artwork. This pose was inspired by both Lord Frederick Leighton's Flaming June and Gustav Klimt's Danaë. This painting is a one off original, I shot photographs of a life model to work forward from and simplify into the graphic flat areas of colour in the final image.
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