trina merry body paints people to blend with NYC architecture

trina merry body paints people to blend with NYC architecture
gotham skyline
all images courtesy of trina merry

with the human body acting as a living canvas, brooklyn-based artist trina merry paints landscapes and scenes, which seamlessly merge into their surrounding urban environment. new york city is the backdrop for merry’s meticulously illustrated architectural structures and landmarks, which are carefully detailed onto the nude bodies of female models. the brooklyn bridge, guggenheim museum and coney island’s vibrantly colored entrance gates are a few of the sites that are camouflaged onto the human forms, blending them together as if they were one.

‘my surface is living, breathing human beings, making this a highly relevant & immediate medium.’ merry describes ‘I use non-toxic hypoallergenic paint applied with a brush or airbrush. the painting is temporary, like a tibetan sand painting, beginning to change into another work as soon as I stop painting, changing texture & color.’

painted in front of the entrance to coney island in brooklyn

central park

the brooklyn bridge

the guggenheim museum

in DUMBO, brooklyn with the manhattan bridge behind

st. mark’s rooftop with empire state building