Paint Me Like One of Your French Girls.

Rewind. Sorry, initially missed this week’s passion post. But here it is… Hopefully it was worth the wait.

So I originally came across this artist in one of the many magazines my brother sends me from the discarded mail bin at his work (believe it was a NYLON). Anyway, I was immediately infatuated with her work and am super excited I can actually used RCL blogging as a gateway to actually sit down and research something awesome…

Alexa Meade is more than your average oil painter. Get this–she doesn’t paint people… She paints ON people. Legit! She paints on and around her models to create a picturesque scene, then snaps a photograph. The results are incredible. One would never guess by first impression that the images are actually OF her models. It’s only when you look deeply into the painted figure’s eyes that something seems to be up. It’s such a crazy process, I still don’t completely comprehend how she does it. Instead of making her painting look lifelike, she makes life look painting-like! 3D literally becomes 2D!

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^Self Portrait^

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Sorry these images are a bit small, but check out her website for larger photos and other cool works: http://alexameade.com/portfolio.html

3 responses to “Paint Me Like One of Your French Girls.

  1. Andrea Meyer

    I totally have seen this before!!! So cool, also love the title. I want to be painted…

  2. That is literally a genius idea!! Wow! haha, and artists spend so much time trying to make things look 3D on 2D mediums…and here she’s just gone and completely reversed it all. Mind blown. I can’t even. We can all quit now, because this woman has won art.

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