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Body Painting: World Body Painting
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The picturesque village of Seeboden provides an idyllic setting for the World Body Painting Festival. Thousands travel here to welcome this innovation in art. Of course, not all art hangs on the wall. Posing as a unique canvas, the models transform into living breathing works of art.
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At present, this way of painting bodies is becoming very popular amongst both professionals as well as amateurs and there are body painting festivals held annually across the world that brings together body painters, both professional as well as amateurs. Football matches, rave parties and certain festivals are ... occasions for a person or fan to get body painting done on them. The World BodyPainting Festival is held at Seeboden in Austria and is the biggest art event that attracts thousands of visitors.
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In 2004 after completing a Higher National Diploma in Specialist Hair and Make-up Carolyn started working full time as a freelance make-up artist and body painter. With her unique style and attention to detail she has quickly built up a reputation as one of the UK's leading body artists. She now has an extensive client base and her work is regularly featured on CD music covers, book covers, television advertisements and in the national press. She is currently the 2007 World Body painting Champion.
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Ryan and Mark practice what is considered the oldest art form – body painting. For them, the human body is the canvas on which they express their artistic talent with dots, swirls, and lines of paint. They create images that are drawn from tribal art, from the natural world, and some just abstract forms from their imagination.
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Colors fly in a weeklong event known as the Mecca for body painting. A quaint Austrian town plays host as artists from around the world come to feast their eyes on the wonders of nature and all who are naturally painted.
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Many artists work professionally as body painters across the world. Their work is seen regularly in television commercials, such as the Natrel Plus campaign featuring models camouflaged as trees. Body painters ... work frequently in the film arena especially in science fiction with more and more elaborate alien creations being body painted. Stills advertising also used body painting with hundreds of body painting looks on the pages of the world's glossy magazines every year.
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