This painting is a reproduction of Van Gogh’s painting titled “Sunflower”.

This was my very first outdoor live body painting session.

We started at the ladies room in NYU library because the model didn’t feel comfortable getting topless in public. That was a new experience for me.

After that we went to washington square park. We found a relatively secluded area and did the painting there.

Few people came and watch. Some took pictures.

After we were done, we walked around Greenwich Village. Many people took picture of the model. It was really fun to see the way people respond to it.

Model: A S
Photographer: Karly Beaumont
Body painter and photo editor: dSetia

View more reproduction of old masters on bodies in the art history gallery