Hold that pose! Life models bare all for the beauty of art In a darkened Algonquin College art studio, Hartley steps down from the small lighted platform to take a break and then wanders among the 30 or so third-year animation students looking at their artwork. Wearing nothing but flip flops and a towel draped over one shoulder, he appears to make the young students a little nervous as he stops to chat to them about their artwork. He shrugs later saying he finds it curious that artists would feel uncomfortable talking to him while he’s still nude just moments after they spent 20 minutes sketching him in detail. It wasn’t until he was a young married man serving in the Royal Canadian Navy while living in Moncton in the mid 1950s that he first tried naturism. His wife was hesitant to join him at first. Some women from the club however, got in touch with her and managed to put her at ease. Howard has been an avid naturist ever since. Source: Ottawa Citizen …![]()
