Pretty On The Outside

David Gilmore + The Fight Magazine

And article on my artwork appeared in the July issue of The Fight Magazine.  

Beyonce + the 2014 VMAs + body paint + David Gilmore

I had the good fortune of painting one of Beyonce's backup dancers for the 2014 VMAs in Los Angeles held at the Forum.  Queen B closed the event with a super-sized medley of her current hits..... I think her entire performance was 15 minutes long.  I got to watch her rehearse the day before in the empty auditorium and oh my god was that cool.  My task was to paint one of her dancers solid white which if you ask any bodypainters, it's one of the more challenging things to do.  Her segment actually starts with the dancer I painted in her lap.  

That's my painted girl front and center.  Insane!

Funny thing, about an hour before the performance happened, Beyonce decided she wanted all the women in that opening segment to be painted white as well.  It wasn't humanly possible to do that so a bunch of people had to pitch in and try and paint the other ladies.  Beyonce posted a video on her facebook showing behind the scenes and I'm in it.  Kind of a blink and you miss me type thing but hey, I'll take it.

That's me in the back!

Why not one more?  :)

So that was my adventure in the world of Beyonce.... a nice world to be in.

Oh, here's one more of my lovely lady almost finished.....

 

FIFA World Cup face paint fun!

I'll admit I'm not the most in touch when it comes to sporting events.  I knew the World Cup was happening but that was about the extent of my knowledge.  I was in a Sports Authority a few days ago looking for some undergarments for a body paint project and that's when I saw the FIFA World Cup logo for the first time on some giant display.

And it seemed like a great face paint opportunity.  So I first enlisted the help of my beautiful friend Monica and this is the fun we had.

She let me give her the Mariah Carey hair treatment here.  :)

And because a girl needs her options, I put her in this fro wig.

Thank you Monica!  Also wanted to do that face paint on a guy so I got my friend Khalif, who I've body painted now 7 times, and here's what we came up with.

No wig needed for him, that's his real hair and it's real magic.

Thanks for viewing my face paint fun. Have a look here for further bodyart work. http://www.davidgilmorestudio.com/

Numero Magazine + David Gilmore + Body Paint + Constance Jablonski

I had the honor of painting supermodel Constance Jablonski for the cover of and spread in Numero Magazine.  The July  2014 Art Issue.

 

My task was to recreate the artwork of Alex Israel onto this model.  

Above are examples of his work.  A canvas is covered in a heavy stucco-like texture and then a gradation of saturated colors move up the canvas.  Then there are side sprays of vibrant covers creating a chamelion-like experience walking around his pieces.  The model I essentially glued sand all over her body in a wetsuit coverage area and then applied MAC Cosmetics chromacakes to do the gradiation of colors.  I used European Body Art airbrush colors to do the side sprays.  

What a fun and long day. I'm attaching all the images from the spread so please click on them to see larger.

Thanks to the talented team:

Model Constance Jablonski

Photographer Benny Horne,

Beauty makeup Tyron Machausen

Hair Mark Hampton

Styling Gillian Wilkins

And a big thanks to my friend Cristina Waltz who assisted me. 

David Gilmore + World Bodypainting Festival

I have the unbelievable honor and absolute pleasure of attending the World Bodypainting Festival in 2014 as the sponsored artist of MAC Cosmetics. Thank you so very much MAC, I hope to do you proud!

 

 

 

Welcome for the first time at the World Bodypainting Festival 2014, David Gilmore from the USA sponsored by MAC Cosmetics.

www.bodypainting-festival.com

#wbf #worldbodypainting #mac #macpro #bodypainting — with MAC Cosmetics and David Gilmore.

David Gilmore + SYFY Network

Wow, I'm wayyyyyyyyyyyyy behind on my show and tell here.  Back on Nov 19, 2013, I was on a one hour show on the SYFY Network titled, "Naked and Painted."  I was one of five body paint experts.

Thinking of changing my name to David Gilmore Expert Body Painter. Too wordy?

I'm having trouble uploading the video... will keep trying to post it. 

Khalif Boyd painted. Again.

Some more photos of my friend Khalif from our recent shoot making his face look like the drawings I've been recently posting. 

I used MAC Cosmetics: paint sticks, full coverage foundation, chromacake, acrylics, eye shadow, and eye liner.

Khalif Boyd painted.

I painted my friend Khalif Boyd today for the SIXTH time. He's an MVP, gold status, automatic upgrade to first class hall of famer. Wanted to make his face look like all those drawings I've been posting lately. This was shot with my phone and the version on the left is unedited. The version on the right is just desaturated. Oh, and that's his actual hair. ‪#‎magicfro‬ 

Body paint.

Yesterday I body painted this lovely lady for a music video in downtown LA and nabbed this pic from her instagram @sarahsandin. Love the symmetry of Sarah (with her yet-to-be-painted hands) in the center and then those luscious LUSCIOUS chichis in the lower right corner. ‪#‎motorboat‬

After all, love is love.

My partner and I will celebrate our 18th anniversary in May however, as California residents we can't wed. A numbered of my closest friends have recently gotten married in Washington state and couldn't be happier for them.  I painted the HRC logo on my and my partner's hands and as we took the photos, he placed our hands on his heart.  A simple statement about love, solidarity, and commitment--- sounds like a marriage, right?