Sienna Strips For Art: The Photo That’s On All The Papers This Morning

We were definitely faced with the unexpected in this morning’s newspapers…

It’s not every day you see a naked-as-the-day-she-was-born, heavily pregnant Sienna Miller gazing out at you from the pages.

The painting of actress Miller has been unveiled in a new exhibition.

Artist Jonathan Yeo said the work, which is painted in oils, showed the actress in a "moment of transition between youth and parenthood".

Miller posed for him only weeks before she gave birth to her daughter, Marlowe, earlier this year.

The painting has gone on show in an exhibition in Berlin, called '(I've Got You) Under My Skin', and Yeo said he deliberately chose not to show it in the UK first.

"For me it seemed both appropriate and necessary to exhibit these images of the flesh in Germany: a country with a more relaxed attitude to the corporeal, where the exposed body is not automatically sexualised or considered taboo,” the 41-year-old said.

“In Britain by contrast, the media and public tend to sensationalise the body, and are often unable to view it without scandal.”

The artist has also painted celebrities such as Nicole Kidman.

Yeo will put on a solo show at the National Portrait Gallery, in central London, next year.

Yeo said it has been 22 years since a pregnant Demi Moore caused uproar on the cover of Vanity Fair. He said some “sections of society” are still uncomfortable with the appearance of pregnancy.

"The power of the painting partly lies in the fact that Sienna is widely regarded as being one of the most naturally beautiful actresses in the world as well as being a fashion icon to a generation of girls,” Yeo said.  

"But I… hope this painting also captures some of that moment of transition between youth and parenthood, a combination of excitement and trepidation and vulnerability, which is an inevitable part of the cycle of life."

What do you think? Art or just too much?

For more celebrities who have stripped off to show off their baby bump, check out this photo gallery.