Paintings about body image

Lisa Lach-Neilson’s vulnerable oil paintings often examine identity. The artist, hailing from Denmark, has shown across the globe over the past few years. She’s been painting professionally since 2012, with a background in clothing design as a master's student at Royal Danish Academy of Design.

davina wilby's photography project

Arms wrapped around herself in a protective gesture, a naked woman sits alone. Aricadia in Bali paints this moving original portrait in oils and acrylics on canvas.

A statement on how the media affects body image

pastel

Importance: Kahlo painted this work after surgery to reconstruct her spine that was crushed in a horrible accident. She powerfully used Surrealistic metaphor in representing her body as a toppling column under repair.