2010! Look Out The Artists Are Heating UP

Ok so it still cold - in fact I just read a facebook post from my friend Pam Trent who was chilly in Florida! Here it's cold but not exceedingly - enough to have my models standing on a heating pad at the photographer's studio - so cold is cold when your naked! So what do I mean we're heating up .............

Well if your a professional body painter you'll know that the art is growing and the bar for quality and awe factor is on the rise. And then too there are just so many artworks that no matter the style you like abstract, clothing, murals - you are gonna seen something you love this year.

And as I today received in the mail my Participation Certificate from the World Body Painting festival 2009 along with the Photo Award Catalog .......oh so beautiful..... I'll look around for a little countdown widget to the festival in 2010, the blogger one won't work for me!

Next month I head to the an international convention for face and body artists then to the North American Body Painting Championships and with artists coming from about 14 countries I be posting some, I'm sure, amazing living art works.

I am looking forward of course to seeing folks who have work you can see here 'cause we're a fun lively bunch.

Until then I am pondering who to write about........................

crossroads

crossroads

medium: mixed media
airbrush and conventional brushed acrylics
on handmade panel
airbrush: evolution
paints: hansa pro colors
dimensions: 18 inches x 24 inches (46 cm x 61 cm)

crossroads - noun - an intersection of two or more roads. a point at which a crucial decision must made that will have far-reaching consequences

the possibility that an entire species might be; "destined for extinction" was the inspiration behind the title; "crossroads" - basically by definition; "a point at which a crucial decision must made that will have far-reaching consequences" - the little stone figure of the inukshuk represents man (human beings) being crucial in which path is chosen .....

copyright © 2010 j. w. baker / wolf song studio

persoenlich erstellter text von j. w. baker am 11.01.2010
bild und text mit persoenlicher und freundlicher erlaubnis des kuenstlers j. w. baker

j. w. baker jwbart.com und jwbaker.wolfsongstudio.com

encounter

encounter

medium: mixed media
airbrush and conventional brushed acrylics
on wood panel
airbrush: evolution
paints: hansa pro colors
dimensions: 24 inches x 18 inches (61 cm x 46 cm)

encounter - verb - to unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or potentially hostile .....

i usually paint in a series to explore an idea thouroughly, so "encounter" is the progression from "crossroads" in expounding on the idea that if we have indeed reached a "crossroad" with regard to our co-existense with our fellow inhibitants of this earth such as a polar bear, then what will we be able to report should we "encounter" that polar bear - can we say "sorry, but we´re going to do better" or will it just be; "sorry - you´re on your own"?

copyright © 2010 j. w. baker / wolf song studio

persoenlich erstellter text von j. w. baker am 11.01.2010
bild und text mit persoenlicher und freundlicher erlaubnis des kuenstlers j. w. baker

j. w. baker jwbart.com und jwbaker.wolfsongstudio.com

magic ... perfect muse!

magic ... perfect muse!

dorian cleavenger, lorenzo, jeff pittarelli, matt hughes, michael calandra, paul ballard und gina king sind kuenstler, die den meisten besuchern dieses blogs sicher bekannt sind. veronika kotlajic, auch als perfect muse bekannt, ist auf vielen ihrer arbeiten zu sehen.
da eine muse dafuer bekannt ist, den ein oder anderen kuenstler zu kuessen (ihr wisst schon ... rein aus kuenstlerischen aspekten) wollte ich den versuch starten, mich auch von ihr inspirieren zu lassen. nach der kontaktaufnahme mit veronika ist es nicht nur bei einem versuch geblieben.
ich muss gestehen, perfect muse ist die ideale bezeichnung fuer veronika.

persoenlich erstellter text von kalli haun
am 04. januar 2010
bild und text mit persoenlicher und freundlicher erlaubnis des kuenstlers kalli haun

kalli haun fine art and illustration kalli-haun.de

Blue Jeans Body Painting design on the all body

Teen Girl with the Blue Jeans Body Painting design on the all body. So Match and perfect for her.

Tattoo Festival with Black Coat body painting design

Girl Pose follow the Tattoo Festival with Black Coat body painting design.

assassin

name: assassin

size: 40 cm x 50 cm (arround 15,7" x 19,7")

digital illustration made with photoshop and a graphic tablet intuos a5.

this illustration was inspired by films like "wanted", or "the matrix", and features rendered elements done with 3d softfware, like the bullet.

additional layers are used for the background, the curved lines and the gun flare.

daniel cayuela danielcayuela.com

Girl with Flower Body Painting | Body Painting Photos

Lovely teen girl model with Flower Body Painting for World Body Paint Festival.

Japanese Teen Girl in the Red Body Painting

Teen Girl in the Red Body Painting with Samurai, she is like a virago Japan.