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Goodness, such controversy. Here's my experience. I had a client that wished to have her 7 yr. old painted with his shirt off in the woods. As it turned out, he sort of resembled Huck Finn and we went with the idea. I thought nothing of it until one day I walked in my studio, saw the painting, and thought "oh my, he looks naked!" I was so alarmed I immediately called the mom and said, "I think we need to put a tank top on him". She saw it.. completely disagreed and actually loved it. Other people that saw the portrait thought the same thing I did. I finished her piece, and decided not to include it in my portfolio because it made ME uncomfortable.
The bottom line is, (I feel) we need to include or not include paintings based on our OWN feelings, and face the consequences (if any).
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