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Body Painting

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I was looking for a book that contained his body paintings for the zodiac. This book was interesting, but not what I was looking for. Glad I bought a used copy, saved myself a bundle!

The paintings range from boring to pretty darn amazing...if you appreciate nude bodies and art, you'll probably enjoy this.

An excellent book showing the excellent painting detail results which can be achieved using the human body as a canvas. There is a crispness in the detail of the paintings, the painter displays a sharpness in the images. Great care seems to have been taken in the attention to the detail and development of the intricacies of the images. The painting is directed mostly to the trunk of the models and the photographs focus on this region. There is one painted body per page with only one duplication. The models do appear a number of times in different guises. A must for the coffee table.

There are very few books of this sort around, so if you're into the medium of bodypainting, it's a keeper. But I found it wanting in several areas. Some of the painting jobs are quite good, others (including the cover shot) are not particularly well-done. The photography and modeling are adequate but uninspired-- they all seem to be taken with the same lighting, from the same angle, with the same attitude. The images themselves appear to be story illustrations or ad art, and many don't stand up too well out of context. In short, it's a book of commercial art images of attractive nudes with stuff painted on them. If that's your bag, this is your book.

I've always been fond of body art ("Painted Bodies", edited by Roberto Edwards, is spectacular) but this book, a relative handful of photographs capped with a page or two of one-line comments, barely bounced on my coffee-table on its way to well-deserved obscurity... the overall visual sensibility is derivative of "Penthouse", except with subpar photography. It was not a complete disappointment - the best images are very good, and almost worth the price of admission - but the overall effect is not quite what it should have been. Most of the author's effort clearly went into the painting: it is imaginative and well-executed (with several rather sophomoric misses), but the combination of wooden models (albeit with a few welcome exceptions) and a photographic obsession with poorly-lit faceless torsos makes the painting a mostly wasted effort.

As a fan of the art of Body Painting, I would have to say this is one of the best books to come out in years. (the being Roberto Edwards "Painted Bodies"). If you like the artistic and sensual qualities of Body Painting this book is a must.

As a fan of the art of Body Painting, I would have to say this is one of the best books to come out in years. (the being Roberto Edwards "Painted Bodies"). If you like the artistic and sensual qualities of Body Painting this book is a must.

Mostly painted on primitive costumes. Had the lighting been truly wonderful it might have obscured the poor casting choice of models. Otherwise this a truly unremarkable book.