My portrait paintings and drawings always begin with live models. Whether attracted by color, form, movement, or expression, for my portraits I like to use media that are swift and sensual, and work quickly to capture the model.  This may complete the work, or I may transform the portrait into a complex painting or collage. I have been drawing and painting portraits and figures for over 30 years, and my body of art now includes a huge variety of contemporary fine art portraits of women and men. My portraits include portrait paintings in oil and acrylic paint; portrait drawings in colored pencil, pastel, graphite, and charcoal; colorful abstract portrait paintings with bold line and color; and playful portraits embedded in collages of decorative patterns. The inspiration for my portraits and other figure fine art comes from realists like Michelangelo, as well as from masters of sensuality like Gauguin, Klimt, Matisse, Degas, and Van Gogh. 

This online  contemporary visual art gallery  includes bold, sensual, intriguing fine art in painting, drawing, pastel, collage, and mixed media.  See  realistic and expressive figure drawings,  abstract and decorative figure paintings,  playful figures,  portraits of men,  portraits of women,  still lifes,  abstract art,  decorative non-objective art,  reliefs and sculpture, and other  sensual contemporary art.  San Francisco Bay Area artist Sharon Hudson, Berkeley and Oakland, California.