Transformations! describes an approach to facepainting in which every face is different, every face is a work of art. It’s a fast, bold and very creative way to facepaint that makes it as exciting to watch as to be painted.

• Methods for presenting facepainting as an art in the eyes of your clients — an interactive performance art in which you transform the event with the faces you paint.

• Galleries of tigers, butterflies, birds, snakes and original animal designs developed over 13 years at the Bronx Zoo.

• Explanations of the concepts behind the designs — to inspire your own creative explorations.

Transformations! presents inspirations drawn from cultural sources around the world along with the creative process Christopher has developed for his unique mask-like facepainting at events and the world-famous Bronx Zoo.

• Explorations of traditional face art from the Amazon, Papua New Guinea, the Maori, North American Indians, plus the Southeast Nuba, Surma, Karo and other cultures of Africa.

• Re-creations of the spectacular theatrical makeup of the Chinese Opera, Japanese Kabuki and the Kerala region of India.

• Presented with the techniques for using these cultural sources to create your own original designs.