Chuck Close

This particular Chuck Close self portrait has taught me a lot about how art can be sensual without being sexual. This image has not erotic and does not have out right sexual content, but yet it's extremely sensual. The paint the attention to detail the cigarette all come together an create a very sensual image with out being sexual. And I think that can teach any artist a great deal about the importance of thinking through any and all implications of their work, and what they want to convey.