My friend Jacquelene showed me a video today, of some of the work done by the Toronto Ottawa BodyPainting company (she has a friend, Billy, who apparently runs the show there). Here's the video:
At first I was wondering, what would be the value of creating a time consuming painting, which would only be rinsed off in a warm shower? But then I remembered that not everyone is the recluse that I am... Indeed, the company performs their artwork at various social functions, parties, and conferences, and I have no doubt that they're the hit of the show. My favorite body paint designs are the ones using highly saturated colors and high contrast values. If the painted customer can smile and dance around and act silly after the work is complete, all the better!
I can just picture myself doing body painting. As an artist, it would give me a warm glow to have my canvas actually talk back to me, and tell me that I suck. I wouldn't be above providing a little feedback myself, happily using my paintbrush as a pointer while I comment on various sagging features of my critically-minded canvas. Yes, I would last about twelve minutes in this line of work. Then my living canvas would tell me exactly where I could put my highly saturated colors.
Some more great examples of this type of work can be seen at the relevant company website: www.torontobodypainting.com
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