Figurative

From life-size, hyper-realist oil paintings depicting huge expanses of flesh and expression, to a few sketched lines that merely imply human form, figurative art can be as close to photo-actual as you like, so long as it does more than simply provide a facsimile of the human form. The nude has always been a traditional genre of Western art, with both the female body and the male providing inspiration to artists keen to harness the emotional impact of human nakedness in their art. Whether monumental or intimate in scale, figurative art can express both the frailty of humanity, and its resilience against age and experience.