Body Painter Rich

03/24/2025

There are tides beneath the surface.
Sacred. Untamed. Alive.
We follow the pull of the hidden moon—
Dancing where maps fade and instincts wake.

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03/24/2025

“They told me to cover up.
So I did.
In truth, in color, in laughter loud enough to scare the brittle gods.”

Neon is my camouflage.
Rebellion is my style.
I make their rules look dusty.

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03/24/2025

They’ll say joy is naive. That it’s unserious. That the world is burning and we should be quiet and grim and obedient.

But they forget—joy is fuel.
Joy is defiance.
Joy is a hand reaching out in the dark saying, “I’m still here. I’m still me.”

This isn’t escapism. It’s a declaration.
We wear color like armor. We dance in protest. We laugh because it terrifies those who demand our silence.

So no—we won’t tone it down.
We won’t dim to make you more comfortable.

Joy is not a distraction.
It’s the resistance.

03/21/2025

This page will be changing flavors soon... I am curious who will be along for the ride.

02/03/2025

This platform is incredibly biased in many ways. Keep that in mind when you use it.

01/18/2025

Continuing my thank you post as I sunset this account.

I had high hopes for this series that never materialized but they are some of the most fun images I ever took part in and I think they are sublime. was an incredibly patient model who was willing to experiment. did the makeup, took the incredible photos, and gave us an amazing space to play in.

Collaboration at its finest is a big part of what I enjoy about this art form.

01/14/2025

Into the Wayback machine for one career highlight. An invitation to paint on the most popular tv show in the Spanish Language…. Sabado Gigante. Had the honor of making friends out of my competitors… and

I will never forget the anxious thrill of being driven around Miami to get Cuban sandwiches with a guy that no one informed me was a race car driver!

Over the years, bodypainting gave me so many opportunities to meet people I would never have met otherwise and go places that always had surprises!

01/14/2025

you are the original Theylien!

So graceful, so strong, with a unique human beauty that is all your own. We will work together someday in a different capacity I think, you are a creative powerhouse!

01/13/2025

A series of public expressions of gratitude before this account goes dark.

is a friend I made during Covid when we worked together on a “Drive through art experience“ for

Liz is one of those amazing people I met on this journey that I might have met in a professional capacity, but I never might have guessed what a beautiful and expressive free spirit there is under the professional first impression.

She has given me nothing but creative encouragement and in return I hope I was able to give her a chance to show her bold and assertive rue colors.

01/13/2025

A series of thank you messages, before this account goes dark. I encourage you to follow these amazing people.

I was ready to give up on finding a photographer so many years ago, and then a met Dan. Gifted with the camera, a lighting genius, and respectful with the models and with me.

Before Dan I was TRYING to be a body painter, but after Dan and I got to working together… it became a real thing. If you see a well lit bodypaint image in my feed… 9 times out of 10 it was a Dan Hood image.

01/13/2025

To clarify. THIS PAGE will be going dormant. I’m fine. Just no more bodypaint art unless I get hired by someone.

01/12/2025

Life changes. Sometimes we need to change with it, even if we would rather not.

It is with some regret that I am informing you that I will be putting a halt to my photoshoots.

I am still available for hire, but I need to shift my focus.

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone that I have worked with, and everyone waiting to work with me. I owe you more than I can express for your faith in me.

Please feel free to get my phone number or keep in touch on social media (though I may be withdrawing from certain platforms soon, I will try to give public notice)

11/23/2024

Creative Edit using AI tools

10/29/2024

Get out there and make your presence known. Local elections matter too!

09/30/2024

Experiment… painting with light

08/26/2024

Well look who made it into the press!

https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2024/08/20/sacramento-artist-turns-n**e-models-into-empowerment-pieces/

Thank you to model Tamica and photographer Dan Hood for saying such nice things about working with me

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08/14/2024

OK- I can die happy now. Just had a lovely little text conversation with JOANNE GAIR, the EMPRESS of body paint art.