Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, s a Mexican holiday celebrated every year on November 1st and 2nd. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. Artisans have been making beautifully decorated sugar skulls for generations, and now the artform has turned into very popular face painting designs!
Happy Día de los Muertos!
Well it is the day after the saturday before Halloween…. or in other words “Adult Halloween”! Yet again I had some awesome clients and fun makeup requests throughout the day. We had fun making magic and I hope everyone had a blast last night! Check out my creations…
First up, this lovely feline which was my first head to toe body painting! She was a sexy tiger, and looked AMAZING when I was done. I can’t post all the pics, since this is a family friendly page, but yes, the stripes go all the way down. ;)
Next up: Zombie #1. You may recognize him as my skull from last week. This time he was rockin the rotting and lovin the gore. I love guys that are into paint!
A lovely Masquerade mask…
A cool Mime… wish I had gotten a pic with her fun hat on.
Frankenstien’s Monster #1 (what a great idea!)
A cute elderly Zombie couple… (they even had a walker!!)
And last but not least, my personal favorite… Frankenstein and his Bride!
(I wish I had thought to get a side shot of my hair… it was standing about 8″ off the back of my head!)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! I can’t wait to see what challenges you come up with for me next year!!
The great thing about Halloween, is that people celebrate it over not just one day or one weekend, but almost the whole month of October! This weekend I painted my first round of awesome faces for some cool party goers, and got some great photos to share with you. First… check out this fun family! What happened after Beauty and the Beast got married? They had a Son of a Beast!
Mr. Beast won the Best Male Costume prize at their party!
And my first Avatar face… pretty excited with how well she turned out! She also won a costume contest!!!
A creepy Skeleton is a classic Halloween costume…
And last but not least… my flesh rotting zombie face that I wore to the Cleveland Zombie Crawl. The Old Angle bar voted me best zombie costume!
So what is your idea for next weekend? I still have appointment times open for Saturday the 29th, and am available on Monday the 31st to get your kids all ready for their trick-or-treating! Contact me for details!
Here are a few of my recent paintings, a little more pretty this time. Not everyone wants blood and guts at halloween time!
Ok… and one more that’s not as much pretty as pretty darn cute!!!
Hello art lovers! I know my site has been boring for a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been out painting up a storm! Typically at a gig I am too busy to actually take pictures of my work, so when someone takes them for me it is a rare treat. Especially these amazing pics by photographer Brian Palmer, who captured his daughters experience really beautifully. I can’t wait to paint for his company again this winter so he can take some more awesome photos of my work! Take a look…
Hey yal,
I had the privilege of painting at the Rascal Flatts Fest at Blossom not to long ago, and had a great time. I even got to paint Joe Don’s son as spiderman! Check out some of the designs I was painting for the concert goers.
I’d like to wish my friend Katie a big congratulations on graduating highschool this year… I remember when she was just a tot! I had the pleasure of painting at her party this past weekend and got some fun pics to share. Some of these are new designs and will be added to my book soon!
If you are planning a special event party and want to add some fun to the festivities, give me a call!
Here are a few more pictures from my recent workshops… lots of playing with fancy line work and glitter! The new hot item on my painting wishlist: Glitter Jewelry… if you see me at a gig please let me paint some on you! Although glitter fairys are coming in a close second!
It’s been a busy few days in face painting world… I’ve spent two full days this past week at 3 different face and body painting workshops, and now have some fun pics to share! I try to constantly work on enhancing my skills so I am able to give my customers some truly unforgettable paint jobs! New designs, new techniques, new products, and new inspiration are all helping me be the best face and body artist I can be! I have another workshop next week so I’m looking forward to having even more great photos to share with you then. For now… check out some of the fun new tricks I’ve learned. Enjoy!
I just thought I’d share some new photos with you… two new designs and some other favorites from todays gig. Enjoy!
First, a new design! A super cute ELEPHANT in honor of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s new African Elephant Crossing Exhibit. Isn’t he just the sweetest!
Next, I’m super excited to share some fun HORNS! This dad was a great sport and let me paint him some sweet head gear.
And now some of the happy Wadsworth Walmart shoppers. 
