JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD (TRAILER)

I've heard great things about this artist/painter and I plan on doing my own research when I have time, so till then, enjoy the video with me!

CRAIG TRACY BODY PAINTING - THE LAST SOUTH CHINA TIGER

At first glanse, this image looks like a photo of a tiger's face. Look again, you'll notice that the tiger's face is actually painted on the back of three women. Cool, by body painter Craig Tracy. Entitled “The Last South China Tiger”, this project is part of Save China’s Tigers‘ efforts to protect the remaining striped felines in China. Craig creates a new bodypainting to help save the most endangered tiger in the world.

ALYSSA MONKS' PAINTINGS

Alyssa’s paintings are of a representational narrative genre. She portrays a specific place and time with simultaneous empathy and detachment. Monks is part of the Continuing Education Faculty at the New York Academy of Art, where she teaches Flesh Painting. She currently is also an instructor at the Montclair State University.

She earned her BA from Boston College and an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art. At the New York Academy of Art, Alyssa studied with Vincent Desiderio, Jenny Saville, Wade Schuman, Brenda Zlamany, John Jacobsmeyer, Harvey Citron, Deane Keller, Edward Schmidt, Steven Assael, and Lisa Bartolozzi. She additionally studied at Montclair State College, the New School, and Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College.

Alyssa has been awarded the Grant for Painting from the Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation three times and has had recent solo shows in New York and Anaheim, California. Alyssa is currently represented by Sarah Bain Gallery in Anaheim and DFN Gallery in New York. Her work is available at David Klein Gallery in Michigan and Hespe Gallery in San Fransisco.

Via Alyssamonks