This photograph - a supine nude lost in a mass of flowers - took an hour to complete in chilly conditions and involved three brush-wielding artistic types working on a topless and reclining model.
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The image was created for Yass Valley Shire arts organisation YASSarts in the lead-up to its arts trail event this weekend. The trail features exhibitions and open studios, music and dance, poetry and an evening of comedy.
The body paint was the collaborative effort of artist Anne Hind (who created the painting behind the model), YASSarts driving force and artist Kim Nelson as well as his daughter Caitlin.
Hind's work is to be featured at Yarrh Winery during the arts trail and a limited edition print of the image will be available.
Nelson said that while the human body was a great canvas and wonderful surface, there were problems with painting upon it because of the way it stretched and pulled.
''The body is like a balloon that expands and contracts,'' she said.
The body art had to be completed within an hour because of the way the paint quickly dried and cracked.
But according to Nelson it was a cold experience for the model, ''[Anne Duffy] is lying on the floor saying, 'I can't feel my fingers.'''
Nelson loves this kind of art because of its deceptive appeal.
''When you look at that image, you realise her whole body is lost in it,'' he said. ''There's magic in art and [body painting] brings that out.''
Nelson was busy washing the brushes in the kitchen after the painting was completed when he heard his daughter calling the flower-embellished Duffy out to the balcony.
''My studio is on the main street of Yass,'' he said. ''And they're out on the balcony waving to passersby who think [Duffy] has a t-shirt on, but she's completely topless.
''I run out and say, 'You can't do this!' and at that very moment a police car goes by, [its passengers] politely waving at the girls on the balcony.''
Even after baring her painted body to the people of Yass, Duffy didn't hit the showers. She went to a cafe instead.
''She's sitting there with flowers coming out of her shirt. She's having a cup of coffee and people are saying, 'Uh?'''
- Details on the YASSarts Arts Trail can be found at yassarts.org.