The Back View of the Human Figure: Humanity Revealed 

In real life, an individual often displays his genuine identity when he turns his back to the viewer.  Without the aid of a social mask, his true character is exposed.  The artist who draws the back view of a figure must capture this candor without the use of facial expression, or the public side of the individual.  

In drawing from life, the artist strives to convince the spectator that the material facts of posture and physique are expressive subjects worthy of perceptive visual interpretation.  He/she must communicate a wide spectrum of states and emotions through this back view.  In depicting a figure in this way, the artist must impart truth without the aid of features and glance.  

This truth, which the artist seeks to portray in the figure, is his humanity, which arises from a contrast between man and what is less than man and, between man and what is more.  This bi-lateral concept stems from a conviction toward the dignity of man, based on his rationality and freedom combined with the acceptance of his own human limitations.