Alexa Meade's work may look like something you would see hanging on the wall in an art gallery, but Meade isn't like any other artist.
The artist's work is different in that she literally paints human beings, turning them into living, breathing portraits. Alexa creates the illusion of a world where 2D and 3D have become one.
Meade writes on her website that before she started creating these unique pieces of art, she had never attended a painting class. But she says she draws on inspiration from sculpture classes she took in college.
We first saw Meade's mind-bending work on Made In Shoreditch.
You can like Meade's Facebook page where she posts information about her work and exhibition dates.
This is one of Alexa's exhibitions entitled Natura Morta. The average gallery-goer would be forgiven for thinking this is a traditional canvas painting.
Or this...
But take a step back and you'll see that Alexa has literally painted a person and transformed them into a living piece of art.
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