Problematic Matisse: Large Decoration with Masks

On my second visit to the Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs exhibit at MOMA in 2015, I spent half an hour in the last room, the room with the wall-sized works, the beautiful world Matisse was making with colored paper as his final act. At the end of a gallery talk in front of Large Decoration […]

Facepainting Basics — How to Paint a Tiger Face

2/19/18 #transformationsny I am re-posting this set of instructions for a tiger face as I get ready for my class in Facepainting Basics at Kryolan City NY on February 22. We’ll start with this simple design as an understanding of how to turn the human face into an animal mask. It’s such a basic starting […]

Favorite Faces 2017 — Facepainting Gallery

January 11, 2017 #favoritefaces2017   #transformationsny Starting here with some of my favorite playful faces of the year and examples from Art On Your Face events, followed by faces from StoryFaces performances at festivals, schools and libraries. Below is a second set of photos with more cartooning explorations, animal faces, Halloween and holiday faces.   […]