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Written by Kevin C Mason
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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
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Written by Kevin C Mason
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Thursday, 09 October 2008 20:03 |
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This painting was going to be a callange from the start . The model who is drop dead gorgeous by anyones standards (That is just outwardly ... Her heart shines so bright .. she Drop dead gorgeous on the inside as well). It would be a shame to cover her face with paint . I know I know i keep saying that I don’t do textiles (painting of clothing) But this is something that just seem to fit.
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 April 2009 07:40 |
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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" |
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 March 2009 08:59 |
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Written by Kevin c Mason
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 22:34 |
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Poseidon
Lets start off with saying that I love George Hrab’s music. not only does he have a great sense of humor but he forces you to think. Now I have to say that I don’t agree with everything he has to say but if someone is going to have a message to that i don’t agree with it should be delivered in a similar way. You can’t talk to the man with out expanding your vocabulary.
As for Poseidon the idea was to change how I work with backgrounds. I found that I was starting to get limited with only a background .. this painting was the first time that I tried to use foregrounds with my art. And I have to say that I’m very happy with the final product. The more I think about this painting the more I’m glad that George was the model. I just can’t thing of anyone else filling those fins.
George was very happy to be Poseidon he said that he was a swimmer in school and this suited him fine. I think the Bald head was a blast to work with .. the crown on his head was completely composted of makeup.
as for the Props .. everything was made of Cardboard. Old boxes from the previous move to be exact. The trident of all things was a Broomstick and a cardboard head. It does not look like it but its actually flat and duct taped to the broomstick. We had problems with the spear head falling off and I’m sorry to say the Trident head did not survive the ride home.
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2009 18:14 |
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Written by Kevin C Mason
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 22:28 |
The Great Goddess Durga
is a multi armed goddess from Hinduism. She is known as a sacred feminine force, and Durga reflects the warrior aspect of the goddess, embodying a traditional male role.
Painting Durga was Not only a challenge with the painting of the multiple arms but also finding a representation of her that would best suit the model. I wanted to make sure that I had an accurate idea of the goddess before I started to add my own Artistic license to the painting. I started by studying the sculpture and historic paintings from the people who actually worshiped her . From there I started to look into more modern interpretations including Manga,Comic Books and CGI graphics
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Some paintings I can do without the model .. others like this one requires to have the model during most of the painting for measurements. I placed the model in front of the painting then moved her arms into the position that where I wanted to place a arm in the background . form there I marked key locations , elbow, Wrist , Palm. Shoulder and head. After get
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