Art from head to toe

A GALWAY body painter has emerged among the top in her field of specialist art at the World Body Painting Championships in Austria.Nina Moore, who lives in Doughiska, said she was delighted with the result – from an entry of hundreds she finished in fourteenth place. “A lot of hard work has paid off ... although I'm determined to be in the top three next year,” she exclaimed.The 27-year-old was competing against hundreds of artists from over 40 countries in the World Body Painting Championships in Seeboden, Austria. She won 14th place in the brush and sponge semi-professional category.Nina was the only Irish artist in her category, and one of only two competing in the whole festival. Christian Kotey, from Dublin, achieved 20th in the special effects body painting category.Painting within the theme 'Poetry and the Power of Words’, Nina drew inspiration from Irish myths and legends to come up with her spectacular design, painted on top Irish model, Rosyln Fuller.Body painters are...