TEREZUM

I remember discovering the joy of bodypainting almost 5 years ago. For me painting and drawing on paper were quite normal as I loved art since I was a child. And one day I had the idea of allowing myself a new hobby: facepainting.

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I find the movement of the brush on my face very soothing. I can easily express what I feel without saying or writing any words. I discovered that I can put into painting my face a diverse avenue to my feelings without looking too sentimental.

I will slowly try to present my various bodypaintings on my blog and express the feelings behind them.

I will start with this one. “Here comes the spring” is a bodypainting about rebirth, about new beginnings. You can see on my shoulders a simple depiction of snowdrops, the famous flowers of the spring. Did you know that these plants contain galanthamine, which is used and marketed to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) ? Fascinating, right?

The snowdrop peaks its head from under the cold blanket of snow and easily makes its way to the light. I have used the colours blue and orange and the various abstract scissions between the cold and the warm colours to illustrate the inevitable process of emotional chasm that happens when we go through major changes in our life. We have to forget old parts of us and people from our past in order to blossom like a snowdrop.