‘I was getting ready to go to a show one night and put on a bit of red lipstick. I blotted it on a piece of paper and it hit me. ‘I started experimenting and decided Marilyn Monroe would be the perfect candidate for a portrait with kisses!’

Ms Irish admitted that her lips get very tired, and that she owns ‘many tubes of both lipstick and chapstick’. She said her eyes get tired from constantly moving between very close to farther back from the canvas to examine her work.

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And she’s not the only one to make kissable art. Digital photographer Paige Thompson has gone the other direction to create paintings on lips.