Her art asks: Can you believe your eyes?
Many artists paint models, but Alexa Meade takes it to a whole new level. She applies paint directly onto living models, then photographs them in a way that tricks you into wondering: Is it art? Or is it real? For example:
'Jaime'
Testing herself to see how quickly she could work, "I actually painted Jaime on her lunch hour," Meade revealed of this portrait. Her model came back to work late and still covered in paint, she added -- but since Jaime works at an art gallery, her coworkers took it in stride. The next slide reveals what they saw.