Body Language is an essay series that speaks to the ongoing conversation about beauty standards around the world—an exploration of where we came from and where we're headed. I didn’t consider myself ...

Source: Photo by Min Ah KIM, World Body Painting Festival 2013 I have to admit: I am a sucker for reality TV. It feels so good to watch something “easy” after a day of teaching and researching at my ...

In the midst of the new coronavirus pandemic, many artists have still been trying to work. Brandon McGill, a local body painter, has carried on with his new project "Tarot" while staying at home. The ...

A woman at the eighth annual Body Painting Day shows off the design on her back. East Texan Bruce Henry traveled to New York City this summer for an art festival with a unique twist. Paint fell on ...

With eight brushes in her left hand and one in her right, Lynn Hetherington Becker went to work on her canvas. Shortly after starting, she asked her “canvas” to move a bit closer. Then, she wondered ...

I have come to an age when dignity should reign. As an elder, I should be a model of wisdom and restraint — rather than a nude model for a body painter. Whatever possessed me? Adventure was the main ...

At a first glance, you could be forgiven for mistaking these images for intricate works of paper and oil paint. But a closer look reveals that they are actually human bodies transformed by the brush ...

Source: Photo by Min Ah KIM, World Body Painting Festival 2013 I have to admit: I am a sucker for reality TV. It feels so good to watch something “easy” after a day of teaching and researching at my ...