'It's like a cleanse for your body and mind': Vomit Painter artist throws up on canvas to create Jackson Pollock-style splatter paintings that Lady Gaga loves

Millie Brown, 27, drinks coloured milk and regurgitates liquid over a canvas

Appeared in Lady Gaga's music video

Starves herself for two days before creating piece

Leaves month-long gaps between each performance



Says it doesn't affect her health



Showcasing work at Ripley's Believe It Or Not



We all know that some artists put their blood, sweat and tears into their creations, but one woman has taken it one step further - by using her own vomit.

Cutting edge artist, Millie Brown, began pushing the boundaries of the art world after becoming sick - literally - of using more traditional methods of painting.



The eccentric artist - whose unique work features in Ripley’s Believe it or Not! - uses a selection of dyed soy milk in a mixture of colours which she then swallows at various intervals, one at a time, before vomiting it onto a white canvas.

Millie Brown is pushing the boundaries of the art world by using a selection of dyed soy milk in a mixture of colours which she then swallows before vomiting onto a white canvas

But despite the regular retching, Millie, 27, insists it doesn’t affect her health. She said she maintains a healthy vegan lifestyle and always leaves a one month rest period between each performance.



The vomiting visionary began experimenting with her unique style back in 2005 and has since gained commercial success by regurgitating onto the dress of pop singer, Lady Gaga, in a controversial music video.

Millie can be seen vomiting shimmering turquoise liquid over the singer in Lary Gaga's pop music video, Exorcist Interlude.

Millie - whose unique work features in Ripleys Believe it or Not! - uses a selection of vibrant dyed soy milk

Despite having a general idea of what she'd like her work to look like, she prefers to improvise

Although some find the Londoner’s work somewhat hard to swallow, the artist has received positive recognition with critics comparing her to that of abstract expressionist, Jackie Pollock, who was known for his unique style of drip painting.

Despite having a general idea of what each canvas should look like, Millie prefers to improvise heavily throughout each performance.

Millie said 'I don’t eat for two days prior to performing so that I clean my stomach of any food, that way the only liquid that comes up is beautiful and of pure colour.

'I can drink anything from one pint to four litres depending on if I’m doing a live performance or creating a canvas piece.

Millie aims to regurgitate the liquid as pure colour and drinks each glass of dye one glass at a time

She starves herself for two days before each performance to clear her stomach - but maintains she is still healthy 'It's definitely not recommended to put your body through this but I¿m generally a healthy person so I feel like that balances out the rest,' she says

Millie, who grew up in a Bohemian family, follows a vegan diet and only does a performance each month

'I time each drink so that each colour doesn’t mix in my stomach and try to space out my performances so that my body can recover properly.

'It’s very much about timing, I find the whole process fascinating and the long meditative fast can be very inspiring.

'I often set out with an idea of what I’d like to create but I enjoy the uncontrollable element of my work and just go with it.

'Filming can be exhausting, it can be an entire day of vomiting which leaves you with migraines but generally I feel good after performing, it’s like a cleanse for your body and mind.

Millie times each drink so that each colour doesn't mix in her stomach and tries to space out performances so that her body can recover properly

Millie says each piece is very much about timing, and that she finds the whole process fascinating and the long meditative fast very inspiring Millie's unique work currently features in Ripleys Believe it or Not!

Millie began pushing the boundaries of the art world after becoming sick of using more traditional methods of painting

Quirky: Young artist Millie Brown has taught herself how to regurgitate paint to create quirky canvas art

Up for grabs: One of Brown's unique vomit-art canvases will be available for purchase and many maintain that now is a great time to invest in this hotly tipped artist

Beautiful creation: Critics have noted the abstract beauty of the finished canvases, created when Millie drinks milk tinted with dyes

Abstract: Millie's work has been likened to Jackson Pollock

Bohemian: Sleeping in abandoned buildings and driving around Europe in trucks became part of her everyday adventures



'I feel my work is an expression of raw human nature, that pushes boundaries mentally and physically to create work that has true beauty.

'There have been so many different reactions to my work, from laughing to crying, love and even death threats but I think art is made to make you feel and as long as it makes you feel something it can be powerful.

'It’s definitely not recommended to put your body through this but I’m generally a healthy person so I feel like that balances out the rest.'

Born in England to Bohemian parents and spending much of her youth in Spain and the South of France, it is clear where Millie’s maverick tendencies originated.



Aged 13 and unable to relate the French children of her neighborhood, Millie befriended local street punks.



From then on, sleeping in abandoned buildings and driving around Europe in trucks became part of her everyday adventures.



After a brief summer stint in L.A., Millie returned to London at the age of 17 where she embarked upon her artistic journey in performance art and film.

Speaking about her quirky work, she said: 'I have an inherent desire to push my own boundaries within my art.



'By creating art from the very depths of my own physical being I am able to challenge people's perception of beauty, expressing raw elements of human nature and in turn challenging myself both physically and mentally.'

Famous fan: Millie can be seen vomiting shimmering turquoise liquid over Lady Gaga in an experiential and grotesque pop music video