Look Very Carefully And Try And Find These Models Camouflaged With Famous Landmarks
by N/A, 10 years ago |
3 min read
Where's Waldo on a whole new level.
Meet Trina Merry.
She's a NYC-based artist who creates truly amazing works of art.
She does amazing avant-garde body paint work displayed in museums and commercial advertising campaigns.
Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C.
Lately she's been working on a camouflage series.
In the series she perfectly disguises human subjects into famous landmarks.
She's known as the "paint ninja" for her unique body painting technique.
She discovered the technique while working on a rock cabaret show in 2006.
"By matching the painted body to and incorporating it into a physical landscape, [Trina] blurs the line of reality for both the viewer and the subject."
Grand Central Station, NYC
Her work is absolutel stunning.
It has been shown in various museums across the world.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Museums like the Getty, San Jose Museum of Art, California Academy of Sciences, and the Seven Modern Wonders of the World (UNESCO).
She has also won many notable awards for the work.
Washington Memorial, Washington D.C.
Her awards include first place in 2014's World Bodypaint Festival and Visual Artist of the Year in 2012.
"Painting on the body creates a special connection to a person that other visual art forms have trouble accomplishing; it’s a distinctly human experience."
New York Public Library, NYC
The use of body paint is more than 400,000 years old,
She uses water-based paint applied with a brush or airbrush.
The paint can be washed off easily.
Great Wall Of China, China
Her models say the process of being painted is relaxing, like a spa treatment.
Her models often approach her for specific requests.
Trina gets 3-15 model requests daily!
Phone Booths, London
She's created a specific application process, so if you're interested in your own piece, contact her.
She definitely has a very unique artistic expression.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
But Trina says she draws inspiration from classical styles.
Westminster Abbey, London
That includes Italian renaissance sculptors and photography of the early 19th century.
The works themselves sell for about $1,000 each,
Though she has other prints on her website starting at $150.
