My Conversion Wrap Dress Design

This Dress was featured in the opening scene of the Hull Street Fest Fashion show last month. 

 Here are the front and back views in order.

 The dress looks great on any size model as you can see below. Each of the models is wearing the same conversion dress wrapped a different way.

It can be custom cut to suit your height. Each dress will fit 3 different standard sizes. As you can see here, Missy is modeling the very same dress as the sample above that I am wearing. I'm a 4, she's about an 8. The black and white stripped dress here is cut to fit sizes 0-4. I have made patterns for this dress for up to size 26.

Wild Animals on the Loose!

For this post I would like to feature 2 of the wildest paint jobs I have done :-)

Mavi Clay performing as a Dragon for the Firehouse Theater's Halloween burlesque show.

And Troy Michele as the city dwelling leopard for the Hull Street Festival and fashion show.

Flower Power :)

Not just floral necklaces, but also a partial body painting with flowers to match an out fit made from flowers! This weather has inspired me to keep up the florals till its too cold out ;)

Thank you Adrienne, for helping me practice this paint job for the fashion show this weekend!

G L O W ....

I recently had a gig doing black light reactive paint on party goers at Balliceaux in Richmond, thanks to Steven Ramirez. It was SO MUCH FUN!! Every body was totally into it ;) Taking pics was VERY difficult, but here are my Favorites.

Painted accessories for stand-out legs!

Here are two designs from this summer to accent your legs ;)

I had fun doing this simple design for this super cool asymmetrical skirt that was in the Hull Street Festival Fashion show!

Painted necklace with wristlet !

I almost didn't post this in order to save it for Favorite of the Month. But I like it sooo much I have to share it now :) The wrist isn't a conventional place for body paint, but I did it there as a practice for the neck. I sprayed a non-toxic sealer on it so it stayed on all night :)

Floral Necklaces!

 Miranda has been painted here w two floral necklaces to compliment her different dresses.

I will be show casing more of the these in next couple of weeks :)

August Favorite: The Goddess Among Us...

I know I've been goin' heavy on the body paint posts lately, so....

For my August Favorite I'd like to feature a costume :)

Veronica wanted a sexy tunic with accessories for a photo shoot she had in mind. 

So we set out to capture The Goddess Among Us.

Paisley Yumminess ...!

I was really excited to paint this piece, clearly inspired by the wearers skirt. Tedious work, but worth it ;)

A Thursday night at S@mple in Richmond Va

Here are my 2 favorites from S@mples body paint night. Leopard spots with black glitter is always fun :)

As I was having fun with this linear design, she asked me if I could incorporate her boyfriends name into it.

No Sweat...

This is a face paint practice for a heat and sweat experiment I did for an outdoor event. Holds up even after 2 hrs of working in the yard in the sun! There is a product you can use to prevent sweating underneath the paint, but it wasn't necessary today :)

Designs for Men too!

I don't get to paint a lot of guys, but one of my favorite male models was nice enough to let me practice multiple designs on him for an event he was attending :) Thanks Jason!

 The upper chest design was inspired by the shape of a squid ;) Awwww, cute huh?

And Jason is only 1/2 Angel so he just got one wing that I finger painted instead of using a brush.

A final simple piece to wrap up the look, swirly vibrations.

Favorite body paint of the month...

This is my favorite photo for the month of July. This is Alexandra from the Return of the Curls show. I love how she is ready for the beach, including a wig and body paint! This just proves that ANY time is the PERFECT time to wear body paint ;) Come get some...

Ftera photo shoot

I don't get to paint many guys, so this was exciting ;) I did the paint and make-up for Elizabeth's shoot.

Return of the Curls fashion show

These are my favorites from the fashion show Return of the Curls where I painted 10 runway models. 

 This was one of my favorite paint jobs!

 Jameson Deloach ran the fashion show and asked me to make broad strokes w 1-3 colors in mostly geometric patterns.

Each model was painted with colors to match or accentuate their outfit, accessories and/or make-up.

Ftera photo shoot

I did the face paint and provided some props for this curious photo shoot. Leyla is the model, photographed by Elizabeth Bowie. See more of Beth's work here: www.elizabethbowie.net

I'm experimenting with new promo cards for the Return of the Curls event I'll be body painting for today!

I love this shot of Russ with Indian inspired painting we put together for Wolfgang Jasper's play-day-shoot.

I splashed this leopard design onto Natasha for a fashion show last fall to go with her top.

Beth chose this simple design for the League of Space Pirates party.

This design is an enlarged flower pattern copied from the dress the client is wearing. Arm bands were painted to match the ribbon of the dress as well.

Cabinet of Cosmic Curiosities

I painted Adrienne as an exotic alien for the League of Space Pirates show last month at Gallery 5.

Covering a blemish

Adrienne had me do this painted necklace for her to cover an unhealed scar from a surgery. Can you tell where it is? Its under an orange paisley... This is a service I would LOVE to offer more!

Geisha shoot

Photographer/Designer Elizabeth Stoddert wanted to create a Geisha shoot so I helped accomoplish her vision. Beth and I collaborated on the make-up design which I painted and she did the hair and costuming. Coutney Elizabeth Ford, Heather Addley and I were the models.

Soliel as Avitar

This is one of my favorite models, Soliel Paden, painted as Avitar. Soliel asked me to paint her for her portfolio and I jumped at the opportunity. I also applied the ears and eyelashes. Rich Dunham was the photographer.This was so much fun!

Body Paint show with Brandy Page

I had an awesome opportunity to have a Painted Bodies show last Summer with Brandy Page, Make-up Artist.This is Britanye modeling hair decorations and painted accessories to match the outfit I designed for her. I'll be posting more from this show along with the other artists who helped us bring it all together!

Arlo Xan

This is Ali who is in the band Arlo Xan with her husband. I did this Asian inspired paint job for their show at Linda Matney Gallery in Williamsburg last week. She made the awesome head dress herself ;)

Summer shoot with Keith Ramsey

This is Veronica modeling a Luau costume I put together for this summer shoot with Keith Ramsey. I made the top and all of the flower accessories and painted little flowers on her skin to add to her over all cuteness ;) Keith Shot this photo.

Painted Accessories and Hair Decorations

This is Adrienne modeling some hair decorations and painted accessories I did for her dress. Keith Ramsey shot this for our 10 week photo/body paint project.