Philip Pearlstein

Pearlstein's work is mostly of nudes, but he does an incredible job rendering them.  I find it interesting because they aren't really sexual in nature but more relaxed depictions of the human body.  Almost all of them are Caucasian and in a few paintings the heads are cut off by borders.  This leads me to believe he is very focused on illustration the bends and curves of the body rather than put effort into the face.  Overall his work is definitely interesting, and I'd like to see them in person sometime to get a better view of them.