“The belly is the perfect surface. It’s nice and round,” Thompson said. Okay, so next we may see famous artists taking advantage of this underutilized platonic ideal of surface and doing belly-work.

Spanx founder Sara Blakely came up with the idea for The Belly Art Project — a photo book featuring pregnant bellies made into works of art — when she was pregnant with her first son. “I woke up in ...

Fatima Carrion Alfonso, 32, from Sant Felio de Guixols, Spain is painting pregnant bellies and it is absolutely beautiful. Meet the body painter who draws art on pregnant women's bumps Fatima Carrion ...