The human canvas: Nigerian artist paints portraits on her body | Trending News,The Indian Express

Artists around the world use various mediums to express their work and for Nigeria’s Oni Mary Ayomide her body is the canvas.

Ayomide, who also goes by the name Anne Pella, uses celebrities and other notable figures as her subjects.

“I don’t get all my paintings at once because sometimes, whenever I start to paint, I get to the nose or the eyes and I feel like this person doesn’t look like what I am about to paint so I clean it and start all over again.

“One of the challenges I face whenever I am doing this painting is my body, my body will start to ache me.

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