Artist Arlo DiCristina produces hyperrealistic paintings on an unlikely canvas—the skin. With an incredible attention to detail and an active imagination, the Colorado-based “dermis architect” creates life-like portraits that fuse into other forms, like smoke-filled cityscapes, fancy flourishes, and the depths of the ocean. Each portrait has the distinct feeling that it was painted with a brush rather than needles, as DiCristina’s approach favors dramatic shading over outlines—the result looks s
