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| VOL 8 ISSUE 4 | April 2005 |
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| VOL 8 ISSUE 4 | April 2005 |
My New Year's resolution was to incorporate some of my work into a film and by
golly it looks like I'm getting close to saying "mission
accomplished." The image above is a shot from the film that I am
working on called Mystere: Children of Dido. A cast and crew of 30
people braved the blowing sands and extreme temperatures of the Imperial Sand
Dunes near Yuma, Arizona to collaborate on this low budget independent
film. In fact, everyone believes in this project so much that each and
every one of us are donating our time, talent, and even some of our own money to
take this epic adventure from the script to the silver screen. I am still
not at liberty to release much of the details, but I don't think it will hurt
too much to let a few pictures slip through the cracks. I guess it's safe
to announce that Cheyenne Silver and Shane Stevens are reprising their roles as
Mystere and Lord Jasta. Joining the family are a clan of Wiccan huntresses
led by Bremusa (Lynette Brooks) and Lykopsis (Heather Phillips). Mystere
demonstrates her prowess as she defeats Delicia (Courtney Black), Opal (Donna
Wilson), and Shunta (Mira Jordan), but then she is put in her place as Marpesia
(Christine Postorino) overpowers her.
My role in the production was to provide the Wiccans with their signature red
facepaint and their identifying tribal family crests in black. I also
provided the
actresses with arm and leg tattoos as part of artist Roy Young's conceptual
designs. The red facepaint was airbrushed on using Reel Creation and the
leg tattoos and tribal designs were applied using Totally Tattoo paints from
Badger Airbrush. Both paints stayed on incredibly well for the grueling
full days of shooting. Joining me on the make-up crew was Julie
Koeth who crafted the look of the bedroom eyes and succulent black lips.
Heading up the costume department was the talented Kevin Speidel of www.hardwearcreations.com
. The actresses looked outstanding in their custom built leather armor and
body paint and I can't wait to post more images from the shoot. There is
so much I want to share with everyone, but for now, I'll just give one more
sneak peak at the look of the character Bremusa...
It was the final night of the Alwun House's Exotic Art
Show, the month-long
event celebrating the art that is a bit edgier than most galleries are brave
enough to display. The night was christened The Night of the Muse and my contribution
was to provide some appetizers, body artist style. Before the doors
opened for the nights festivities, I was busy painting the beautiful Asian model
known simply as Blue. Her painting consisted of two dragons, a red/blue
one on
her left and a black/purple one on her right (Totally Tattoo paints with a wash
of pearl Createx). The tail of each dragon started
at her shin and wrapped it's way up her side to culminate in the dragon's faces painted on each breast. For most of my projects, when the
bodypainting is complete the model sets out to display the work to the art
gallery patrons, but this time she shrouded the painting within an Asian robe
until the time was right. Around 9pm I started preparing the table with an
oriental motif and setting up the napkins, plates, and of course the chop
sticks, ginger, and wasabe.
As the Alwun House unveiled their appetizer spread, Blue was also unveiled
and situated on the serving table. Summoning my here-to-for untapped
culinary skills, I carefully and artistically laid out the leaves on her nude
figure to strategically place each morsel of sushi as symmetrically as
possible. The colorful California Rolls, Salmon, Rainbow Rolls, and Shrimp
Ebi made a beautiful color palette that complimented Blue's white and pink face
painting reminiscent of the Chinese Opera. Once photographer Don Crossland
and I had an opportunity to shoot some images of the body sushi ensemble, guests
were invited to come and experience the rare treat of sampling the oriental
delicacies from the naked body of the Asian model. When it had dwindled
down to a single slice of salmon, Blue took the opportunity to eat the last of
the sushi from her bare torso...that's hot. Here are two more shots from the
project.
I was first introduced to Kim Meagher and her non-profit Wildhorse
Ranch last year when they held their annual Girls!
Girls! Girls! fund raiser. I bodypainted three models at last years
event (Shanelle, Kay, and Phoebe) and I guess they liked them enough to ask me
back this year. One big change this year was the event location which
moved from the horse ranch in Gilbert to Christie's
Cabaret, a gentlemen's club in Phoenix. My first model for this black
tie event was an associate of the ranch named Cindy. She was enamored with
the butterfly painting
that I have on the cover of my portfolio so I painted a variation of that on her
upper torso. My second painting was with Lynette
who I had been working with earlier in the week on the film set of the Mystere
movie. I noticed Lynette's tattoo on her back that featured a yin-yang
symbol with a dragon so I sketched up a variation on that concept. Both
paintings were completed using Totally Tattoo paints and the dragon painting was
accentuated with some Createx UV paints and took on a completely different look
under a black light. There was a little article in New Times about the
event that you can read by clicking here.
- Upcoming events:
- April 4th, 2005 - Arizona Bike Week Event at the Handlebar Saloon at Rawhide in Scottsdale, AZ. I will be doing a bodypainting at this art event curated by The Paper Heart Art Gallery. The theme of the art on display will be the timeless attraction of motorcycle culture.
- May 6th-8th, 2005 - CopperCon 31 Science Fiction Convention, Carefree Resort, Carefree, AZ. The cast and crew of the Mystere film will host a panel to discuss the behind-the-scenes and making-of the film. More info to come.
- May 13th-15th, 2005 - Mystere Cave Shoot, Grand Canyon Caverns, Flagstaff, AZ. This will be the second and final location shoot for the short film project.
- May 26th-29th, 2005 - The Face and Body Art International Convention in Orlando, FL. This event is sponsored by Face and Body Art Magazine and this year's theme is "A Midsummer Night's Dream - Enchanted Forest". I will be doing a live demonstration at this event.
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The 2005 Bodypainting by Mark Greenawalt wall calendars are
still available. This is my 4th annual calendar and this year's edition
includes 13 images, 15 models, and 6 photographers. Thank you in advance to all of you who have ordered my calendars
in the past and to those of you who plan to get this year's edition. Your
support is truly appreciated! To see all of the images in this years
calendar and hopefully to place your order, go to:
http://www.futureclassx.com/bodypaint/calendar/2005/2005calendar.htm
E-ya later,
Mark Greenawalt
[email protected]
copyright 2005, Mark Greenawalt
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