Talented bodypainter undergoes mammoth tour across the United States
07.09.2015 23:00
A talented bodypainter has completed a mammoth tour across the United States, painting a different artwork in every state.
Natalie Fletcher's '100 Bodies Across America' project lasted 200 days, covered 30,000 miles and required 140 different models.
The artist, from Blend, Oregon, seamlessly blends her subjects into a range of backgrounds, making it deceptively difficult for the naked eye to spot the humans in the pictures.
On her travels, Fletcher, 29, camouflaged models into to the likes of brick walls, plants, rolling hills and signage.
She began the project on February 16, 2015, and completed it on August 24.
She said: 'This has been the hardest thing I've ever done.
'I have had to let go of the idea of sleeping in my own bed, taking a day off, even shaving my legs when I want to.
'Sometimes I'd show up in a state knowing no-one, just hoping I'd meet someone and find a place to paint.'
In order to find models - who ranged from aged six to 70 - Natalie would reach out through the likes of Craigslist, Facebook, Twitter - even Tinder.
Ninety percent of the people she painted had never been subjects of bodypainting works before.
The locations she chose, which involved some Googling, were also be influenced by the models.
In total, the artist painted 101 different works, which she later plans to turn into a book, exhibit and film.
She added: 'I have made friends and fallen in love with each one of them.
'I hear from at least on model a day checking in on me and telling me how happy they were to be a part of it.
'Everyone is anxious to see the finished product.'
(dailymail.co.uk)
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