Is this a really well done painting? If your answer is yes, then you're wrong!! It's a photo, of a person, in front of a set, in a mall! It's an amazing blend of photography, body paint, and modeling.
The picture was taken by University of Hawaii Art Professor Peter Kun Frary, who noticed the display outside of a MAC cosmetics store. The amount of time and effort that went into this must have been truly staggering.
To quote Professor Frary from his site :
Although carrying a heavy SLR can be a drag, it's worth it when a great image leaps out and bites you on the arse. Recently I walked by the Ala Moana Mac cosmetic store and noticed a crowd of Japanese tourists gawking and snapping pics. Amazingly, a model in full body paint was posing against a set. She was a darn good simulation of a late 19th century oil painting. At first I though she was nekid--wearing only makeup--but she sported a few scrapes of cloth in the right places. Also, she hardly ever blinked...
Al Gore is asking us to step up and make a YouTube video and submit it by April 19th, 2010 for Earth Day on April 22nd, 2010.