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| Painting a face is an art, perhaps the very first art, going back to the origins of human culture. At all our events, we approach facepainting as the modern expression of this profound and ancient art. Transformation! Artists paint bold, |
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mask-like designs inspired by imagery from Nature, imagination, and traditional mask and makeup art from around the world. Like artists working on canvas, we develop ideas, study cultural sources, sketch new concepts and approach each face as a creative adventure — an opportunity to create new art. More than a decoration, this transformation disguises the original identity and creates a new one. The wearer joins us in this adventure as they bring the mask to life, and it is as exciting to watch as to be painted.
A face can be approached in so many ways, taking ideas from masks, theatrical makeup, and all the possibilities of visual art. From face to face and event to event we discover new and exciting ways to paint each face. If 20 people at an event ask to be a “tiger”, for example, each of those 20 face designs will be different.
The artistic quality and creativity we demonstrate, along with the sophistication of our cultural sources and the wide range of designs, makes this a style of facepainting that is not just for little kids. At events, we paint anyone over the age of three, including the adults. For most large events we only paint full faces to have the maximum visual impact. See the Painted Bodies Gallery for the type of face and body painting we can do for parties and other events.
Click on the images here to learn their stories. |
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Studio Photographs — from the 2006 sessions for the book: “Transformations!”
| Faces from Events — with tens of thousands of faces painted, it is hard to select a few.
Below are faces of the public from a variety of our events, painted quickly at our average rate of three minutes per face. Selected here to demonstrate a range of subjects, themes and styles. |
| The adventure involved in being creative is part of what keeps facepainting exciting for us.
It also adds to the enjoyment of the people we paint. People are excited by the creativity they see
— excited to wear the work of an artist who facepaints.
That is a responsibility we take seriously, as we strive to develop our art with each face we paint. |
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Tiger Variations
as examples of the range of
concepts that lead to new designs |
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