Another "Faberge" egg

This was a nicely timed exercise. Navels are a fundamental design fault in the human body. (It's clear that the design wasn't carried out by a body painter.) Anyway - this particular image was painted at just the point where the rather alarming changes to which a navel is subject during a pregnancy, had just about rendered it invisible. (Of course I'd like to claim credit for this timing, but in fact I had nothing to do with it. I just got a call from Pepper to say "I'm just about ready.")

.. and another view.

.. and an available-light view.

Text and images copyright R. Edgecombe. 2000.