In this intimate film portrait, artist Paul Cadmus, makes a nude drawing of his long time companion, demonstrates his mastery of egg tempera painting and recounts his past as a prominent American scene painter and controversial social satirist.

Acclaimed visual artist Paul Cadmus makes a rare public appearance to introduce local filmmaker David Sutherland's literate and affecting Cadmus portrait and to comment upon the recent unveiling after 58 years of his banned in 1934 painting "The Fleet's In!." In the award-winning documentary, the quixotic American figurist is astonishing and his reminiscences are oddly discreet, especially where sexuality is concerned, but there's no doubting his friendships with Forster and Auden.