Aleah Chapin
Aleah Chapin is an artist who paints large scale pieces. She has made several pieces that are dealing with the female form as a nude and the way that we see them. Her paintings have won several awards. I particularly like these ones in the Maiden, Mother, Child and Crone exhibition in the Flowers Gallery.
It would be lovely if I was to take my portraits further and to produce images to the large scale that I have (better even) and to have a whole room full of images of positive bodies.
One of the things that I did miss out of on my shooting was to photograph a woman who was pregnant (as Aleah has painted) but this is something that I will address as time goes on and the project advances.
http://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/flowers/2014/aleah-chapin/works#14041
Naked ‘Auntie’ wins £25,000 art prize
American artist Aleah Chapin wins BP Portrait Award for portrait of nude lady called ‘Auntie’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9341531/Naked-Auntie-wins-25000-art-prize.html