When a friend of mine pointed me to this gallery, at first I thought “Nothing special, must be Photoshopped“. But Alexa Meade is an artist who thinks completely backwards!

Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas, while Alexa applied acrylic paints on her subjects, and made them appear to be part of a painting! Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area.

Her innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural spaces has been incorporated into a series of installations that create a perceptual shift in how we experience and interpret spatial relationships. Enjoy!

Alexa Meade - Hyper-Realistic Optical Illusion 1

Alexa Meade - Hyper-Realistic Optical Illusion 2

Alexa Meade - Hyper-Realistic Optical Illusion 3

Alexa Meade - Hyper-Realistic Optical Illusion 4

I’ve included few more photos shot from greater distance in case you don’t believe it’s not photoshoped .

AlexaMeade Body Paint Painting Optical Illusion 1

Alexa Meade Body Paint Painting Optical Illusion 2

Alexa Meade Body Paint Painting Optical Illusion 3
Source: Moillusions.com