The paintings which are full of life:
Incredible body art transforms
people into living creatures and
moving landscapes
Artist Gesine Marwedel's paintings are full of life - quite literally.
The German creates her stunning images not on a traditional blank
canvas but on the bodies of people, as these breathtaking
pictures reveal.
Using her subjects' limbs to create angles for her intricate
work, she transforms them into moving masterpieces that
represent landscapes and animals.
In one incredible image, a
subject is turned into a human swan,
while her other works show desert scenes, a bleak mountain, and
a breathtaking cityscape that merges what appears to be Barcelona
and Sydney.
Ms Marwedel, from Dortmund, has also turned one person into
a flamingo, and ethched eye-catching paintings of an iguana and a tiger.
All her body art is created using eudermic colours,
which are natural and based on mineral water and thermal mud.
The 25-year-old, who has attracted a large following in her
native country, says she was inspired to paint after working
at an Indian orphanage on completion of her university degree.
She describes her style as 'mostly realistic or surrealistic' and also
paints on traditional canvas using oil.
Traditionally, body art was, and still is, popular among tribal people.
It still survives in its ancient form among the indigenous people of
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
The German creates her stunning images not on a traditional blank
canvas but on the bodies of people, as these breathtaking
pictures reveal.
Using her subjects' limbs to create angles for her intricate
work, she transforms them into moving masterpieces that
represent landscapes and animals.
A desert scene, complete with camels, is represented on this woman
World cities are merged as Gesine Marwedel tries her hand at a
more urban style
more urban style
while her other works show desert scenes, a bleak mountain, and
a breathtaking cityscape that merges what appears to be Barcelona
and Sydney.
Ms Marwedel, from Dortmund, has also turned one person into
a flamingo, and ethched eye-catching paintings of an iguana and a tiger.
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which are natural and based on mineral water and thermal mud.
The 25-year-old, who has attracted a large following in her
native country, says she was inspired to paint after working
at an Indian orphanage on completion of her university degree.
A bleak mountainscape under a moonlit sky transforms this woman
Both men and women are used by the talented
artist,
whose highly intricate works reveal an incredible eye for
detail. A jigsaw puzzle and eyes are shown here
whose highly intricate works reveal an incredible eye for
detail. A jigsaw puzzle and eyes are shown here
Half-man, half-tiger: With meticulous attention to detail,
a tiger painting merges into the model's natural form
a tiger painting merges into the model's natural form
Most people would jump out of their skin if they
had an iguana
on them but, luckily for this woman, it's just a painting,
albeit incredibly lifelike
on them but, luckily for this woman, it's just a painting,
albeit incredibly lifelike
German Gesine Marwedel has attracted a cult following in her native
country with work like this
country with work like this
paints on traditional canvas using oil.
Traditionally, body art was, and still is, popular among tribal people.
It still survives in its ancient form among the indigenous people of
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Gesine Marwedel gets to work on one of her subjects, this time painting a tree on a beach