The Models of Mark Reid Body Painting

The Art of Body Painting continues to mature as a unique living art form. The pursuit of Body Art requires a living canvas. It is the Model, the Human Canvas, that gives breath to the soul of Body Painting. There is no doubt that the Art of Body Painting is a creation of the imagination and artistic vision of the Body Painting Artist, it is the Model that interprets the Art and expresses the humanity from within it. The Body Painting Artist encounters different challenges than an oil painter on canvas, or a watercolor artist on paper. The Body Painting Artist must take into account the contours of their canvas as presented by the body of their model. The original concept of the Body Painting Artist remains a fluid art through completion and beyond. The way the Body Painting Model wears a creation and adds the human qualities of drama, theatrics, comedy, happiness and sadness adds to the interpretation of the Art.

The Models of 2010 World Bodypainting Festival held in Seebodeen, Austria are an integral part of the Body Painting being displayed in the competition for the title of Champion of the World. Photos shared by Mark Reid of his 2010 World Bodypainting Festival Body Paintings allow the opportunity to pay tribute to all the Models of Body Painting Art through the display of the Models who wore the Art of Mark Reid in Austria in 2010.

As part of the World Body Painting Academy instructors, Make Reid demonstrated the intricacies of Body Painting Jeans and Tops with Paradise Makeup AQ on Model Xandra Bensch who traveled from Holland to Attend 2010 WBF

Model Xandra Bensch takes to the streets in perfect fitting jeans and top, painted by Mark Reid, the Master of Perfect Fitting Jeans with the Mark Reid™ Signature Makeup Brush Set.

Model Jay Cloud presents the Body Painting Art of Mark Reid with conviction, style and grace.

From Holland, Model Aysa Hilgers presents the vision of an Egyptian as interpreted in Body Art by Mark Reid

Adding body intonations and interpretive posing, Model Aysa Hilgers bring the Body Painting by Mark Reid to life for a moment of living art captured by a camera lens.

Using the power of dramatic expression, Model Aysa Hilgers emanates the soul of the Egyptian created by Mark Reid in the finals at the 2010 World Bodypainting Festival.

The Mark of Body Art

Throughout the Mehron Blog Postings the name of Mark Reid has been in print many times. Mark is an Artist in the truest sense of the word, a compassionate being who loves to create. Mehron Blog Readers know Mark Reid as the Body Painting Artist that is able to replicate a pair of jeans with Paradise Makeup AQ, however the Art of Mark Reid is more far reaching than that. Mark Reid is a humanitarian, whose efforts run the gamut from fighting Breast Cancer to cheering sick children with his Face Painting. The precision of his Body Painting has led to the development of the Mark Reid™ Signature Brush Set by Mehron. Made to his specifications this precision Makeup Application Brush Set currently encompasses six brushes designed to meet the needs of a Makeup Artist. With Mehron Makeup and his just introduced line of Mark Reid™ Signature Brushes, Mark headed for the World Bodypainting Festival in Seebodeen, Austria to teach at the World Bodypainting Academy Workshops and to share his creations with Body Painting Makeup Artists from around the world.

For those who couldn't be at the 2010 World Bodypainting Festival, The Body Painting Art of Mark Reid created at The Festival is preserved in photos:

The theatrically inclined models put Body Painting Makeup Art in motion at the 2010 World Bodypainting Festival Courtesy of Mark Reid

Fantasy comes to life in Seebodeen, Austria for the 2010 World Bodypainting Festival.

Model Jay Cloud rouses the crowd on the stage at Seebodeen showing off a Mark Reid Body Painting completed with Mehron Body Painting Makeup and Mark Reid™ Signature Brushes.
A Mark Reid Master Body Painting captured in time.

The juxtaposition of fantasy body paintings by Mark Reid, Master Body Painter at the 2010 World Bodypainting Festival

Model Jay Cloud adds drama to the Mark Reid Body Painting created at the World Bodypainting Festival 2010