In my last article I introduced the contemporary form of tattooing as an expression of body art that has hit the mainstream artist community. Today's article addresses body painting, but from an entirely different view. This blog is not necessarily fixated on body art, but when an artist is towed in from the outer realms of expression by as unique as interpretation as demonstrated by the work of Johannes Stötter it merits further attention.

A true artists sees beauty and creativity everywhere. So it goes with the now famous artist Johannes Stötter's living body of work. No doubt you have seen many of his undertakings on the internet, especially social media where most have gone viral. Stötter uses human bodies to paint and create his images of mind bending illusions. He sees the world unambiguously, and that is what places him and his work center stage with the rest of the fine art …show more content…
He will use models covered in vegetables or fruit fashioned to seamlessly blend into one another. You cannot immediately detect where the fruit or the vegetation starts and the human begins. You have likely seen a few of his more famous pieces which include a series of amphibians that are actually human bodies. Each model is painted with outstanding, precise camouflage bringing it all together as a whole.

Born in South Tyrol, Italy he honed his talents wandering the countryside of the Alps. His favorite pastime is hiking where he gathers most of his inspiration from nature. Coming from a family of musicians Stötter plays violin, sings and is a member of the band, Burning Mind. He first started body painting as a student at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He was not an art major, but rather studied philosophy and education. Stötter's extracurricular activities included art and music.

You can see by the examples in this article the magic he works into each of his