Surreal

Body painting By Kevin C Mason

Photography by Diana Miller

I got this gig working for a local DJ at Blue Gecko in Sacramento. The Client wanted to have a painting that would match the theme for the night "Surreal". It took me some time to think of the perfect painting. I wanted to have something diffrent from what I have ever done before. This was the first time that I had floating props. The Lips and ears in the photograph are cardboard cutouts hanging from fishing line.

The Body painting itself was rather easy. Two colors and just a touch of shading. What makes this painting special is that I got to work with Diana Miller. This was the first time that I worked with her and I was very very happy with the result and how she handled the model. I look forward to working with her agian.

body painting Of Imp in flight

Written by Kevin C Mason
Monday, 30 March 2009 00:00
Imp in Flight Body Painting By Kevin C Mason Imp in flight is starting to becoming one of my favorite paintings. The whole idea of the painting started from my Wife’s nickname of “Imp” as ”Impolite and Evil”. This of corse was the nickname that she carried into my bodypainting Podcast “Coloring outside the lines”. With that as my inspiration I started painting. Painting the wings was easy. Dragons wings is something that I have been working on ever sense I realized I could scribble on paper. The background and choice of colors however was a bit more of a challenge . I Chose green for the body and the “fingers” of the wings,
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Benten Goddess of Art

Written by Kevin C Mason
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:00
Benten The Japanese Goddess of art Bodypainting from mortal to Goddess Benten is the Japanese goddess of Art. One of Japan's Seven Lucky Gods. with two arms holding a lute; I Her messenger is the snake, so she is sometimes shown mounted on a serpent or dragon. This painting was surely a challenge . The idea was to paint the model to look like she was wearing a kimono. The difficult part with that is that kimono tend to not be form fitting. This would make any attempt to paint the kimono only on the body seem to be out of place. What I did was paint the flowing parts of the Kimono on the background then using the same pattern painted an open Kimono (Kimono are always worn in layers) on the body. Being a Member of the SCA ( Kinda Like Renaissance faire) I have learned how to sew a Japanese kimono. So my knowledge of how it should look really helped out with this painting .
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Mountains

Written by Kevin C Mason
Thursday, 09 October 2008 20:05
Body Painting of Mountains I had created mountains before but as I grew as an artist I found that I needed to revisit some of my older works. Mountains was the first of those paintings . The idea was to blend a woman into a mountain scape using body-paint. I started off by creating a background then matched up the lines in the mountains so the model appeared to be semi transparent. The most difficult part of this was working with the make-up because I wanted to get a close color match with out using the Acrylic paint directly on the model
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 16:10
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Pain and rebirth

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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 17:55
Pain and Rebirth Bodypainting By Kevin C Mason The day before I painted this a good friend of mine called me from the blue with the words "I'm getting a divorce and I want to get painted". After the shock wore off, I agreed . Early in the day of the painting she showed up and we talked about what had happened with her marriage. I discovered that she had a very Very healthy outlook on the whole situation and "It just did not work out now he and I can become friends again" . I wanted to make sure that the painting was going to be about healing and not "Time to get back at the EX". Well she was all about the healing. I have to say this was the most intimate painting that I had ever performed because there were no "professional blocks" between us. All I knew was here was a good friend of mine wanting to express herself through my art. (VERY HEART WARMING) As for the art .,.. this is going to be a series. We are thinking that we are going to document her healing and growth through art and her Journal. This first painting is all about looking at the pain and seeing that its part of the growth. We are going to do another painting in a few weeks based on how she is feeling, then another one in a month, then two months, ect. This painting I saw a dried up lake bed, with a single seedling growing from what looks like nothing should grow, with a dead tree symbolizing the disaster that was left in the wake. I chose to have no villains in this painting only damage. I did not want to personify her husband in any way because this is all about healing not blame. Dark colors are the order of the day with the exception of the seedling. I had very little time to come up with a design or background so this is going to be very different from my other works and I'm thinking that I may not sell these paintings . Here is a clip from her Journal So yesterday - morning was difficult, very difficult. Before I left, I told my husband I want to wait until next summer to discuss the next steps. The way I see it - these first few months are about unlearning and healing, then after that passes we can settle into who we are and really do some real exploring as individuals. I said my goodbye and let the guys drive down and unload at mom's - he requested I not be there because it was all too painful. I went to Kevins who and I was still crying and hurting - we reconnected and caught up on the past three years and I let every word and emotion out. He asked me if we could do this about 5 years ago and I always wanted to, but my husband wasn't comfortable with it. We sat and talked for what seemed like hours and then I became his model. (Check one on my list of things I want to do in life.) He said I was the most intense model and it was the most intimate session he's ever had. I felt... Beautiful. Releasing, Healing, Freeing, Purging, Calming, Introspective, Healthy. Right after we started I felt a sense of ease wash over me. I was vulnerable and free. I felt my fire and passion for life rekindle. I wanted to embrace the world again. That feeling hasn't left me still this morning. We want to come back to the paintings periodically throughout my healing and searching as I change and see what transformations come of it. I'm looking forward to this journey. "And while I still hurt badly and will be healing, at least I'm living again"
Last Updated on Monday, 30 March 2009 08:59