Looking at Rebecca Szeto’s “Paintbrush Portraits” will instantly make you think: 17th century art. This San Francisco-based artist was inspired by a Velázquez painting (“La Infanta Margarita”[1653-54]), which you can see how similar the silhouette of the girl is (here and here) in relation to a wide paintbrush. Szeto used old brushes, ones that she collected over the years as a way of cleaning up the environment as so many people were throwing them out. And her method of recycling them, is absolutely brilliant!

Photos © Rebecca Szeto

Via Colossal and The Guardian