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Fire in the Belly

Friday, June 12, 2009

When someone is driven by passion or ambition we say they have fire in the belly.  It’s one of many idioms that describe mental or spiritual states in bodily terms.  These common sayings reveal our sense that the whole body, not just the head, is the vehicle of the soul and a field of clashing [...]

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Dorsal Emblems

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Most of the body art shown in my online portfolios here and here is full-body work done in my studio.  But I have also frequently done body painting at festivals such as Sirius Rising, Starwood, Dance New England Summer Camp and the American Body Arts Festival, at pageants such as Earth Celebrations‘ Rites of Spring, [...]

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Sinew

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

One of my reasons for starting this blog was to give a new life to some work from my extensive and diverse back catalog.  So let’s get started. In the early 90′s I was working towards a fresh approach in my art.  I’d done abstract painting, figurative drawing, experimental film, and performance art.  To me [...]

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