La Modelo Aline Massun, after Madrazo y Garreta
Sappho Praying to Aphrodite, after Margaritis
Leda and the Swan, after Correggio
Wishbone, after Nikolaos Gyzis
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, after Cranach
Saint Agatha, after Riminaldi
Montenegro Woman with Child, after Cermak
Nell Gwynne as St. Catherine, after Sir Peter Lely
Lanna Woman, from Wat Umong, the Buddhist temple in Thailand
Phramatawratneebeepmoipom, (Mother of the Land), from Wat Umong temple
10 famous paintings recreated on human canvas
12/20/2012Chadwick Gray's contribution to art involves sitting still — painfully, agonizingly still for hours on end. Gray's particular brand of anguish is for the purpose of creating exquisite and surreal human body art, painted by fellow artist Laura Spector. The artistic duo, originally from New York, but now based out of Thailand, uses special water-based theater makeup to morph Gray into the colorful masterpieces. Gray says he's spent over 800 hours frozen beneath Spector's brush, noting one time when it took four days to regain feeling in his left arm.
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