After we spoke last have been looking in to Guiseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) an Italian painter creating bizarre imaginative portraits by painting and arranging objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and plants creating human like resemblances.
i have continued to look at his work and other artist inspired by his style let me know if you have discovered anything similar
(http://foodonmylens.blogspot.com/2009/07/giuseppe-arcimboldo-strange-food.html)