Christmas Party ~

Oh Yes ~ For once I got some pictures posted here
On Time. Because one of my Agents asked for photos from a recent gig.

I've worked at this Company's Holiday Party several years already






















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Jewel? Rope?

I don't know what I was making here,
but I like it.

my first attempt at graffiti-ing a person

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Russian Immigrant

I remember this little girl. She came around to me several times with her father. Such a happy little girl. I think they were Russian immigrants ~ never really had much money. But together in Central Park. Reminded me of those old movies in which a sweet waif would be Discovered by The Rich People ~ maybe like Annie or Matilda:



I love my life. So many interesting experiences:

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Balloon Doll

Here are some of the Balloons that I had created at Central Park:







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Central Park Face-Painting, Caricatures and Balloons

It feels bitter-sweet to have come across these photos today.
It's work I had done in Central Park ~ back when I used to go there often. (Only when I work Retail can I offer Face-Painting, Caricatures, And Balloons at the same time ~ because I can spend more time with each person when I work Retail.) Haven't had time to go there for quite a while....
























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and the day goes on

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at the Salon

Here I am again. At a Salon. Face-Painting little girls. Little girls with dreams.

This group was super-interested in Peace-Signs and Hearts. Intriguing to me to watch the trends. Because I recently had two Caricature jobs which requested 'Beatles' type influence. One had asked for everyone at the Party to be drawn on one large paper - something like the cover to the Sargent Pepper album. And the other had asked for a Studio Caricature of a man on a motorcycle - mentioning that he really likes the Beatles so could it look something like 'the Beatles cartoons' (whatever that is - I figured just Peter-Maxx-influenced - perhaps something like the cover of the Magical Mystery album or like the simple/perfect Caricatures we recognize as 'Beatles'). Anyway, the trend seems to be 60's influenced these days. I even saw an ad in Cosmopolitan Magazine this morning for 'flare' pants (aka bell-bottoms from the 60's). I like this trend. I feel happy to paint this way.













and the arms:















and happily
because I wouldn't want my more advanced skills to get rusty,
glad that some of the guests wanted things like:







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The Life of the Party

 Feedback from Client Rich Adams

Alison is a pleasant artist and was wonderfully accommodating for those crazy 11 yr old boys.  She displayed professionalism, artistic grace and patience.  I was over joyed with the final product.  I have already recommended this artist to another person.  

Christie Brinkley

I was so fortunate to meet the model Christie Brinkley today. Being a Party Artist has put me in situations to meet our society's Superstars. And yes - She Really is as Beautiful as you might imagine. Up close and personal. With no 'air-brushing'.

I had been hired to Face-Paint for the Ellen P Hermanson Foundation to benefit Breast-Cancer-Research. Christie Brinkley came to make a Donation. There was a lot going on with Danskin.

Here are some photos I took with my little iphone while the Presentation was going on:





And some of the People I painted:





















A very tame crowd - wanted tame paintings. It was okay.
And when they thought of getting 'pink ribbons', my ideas stayed relatively tame for them. I like them. But now I wish I thought of 'elongating' some of the ribbon tails to swirl around:





Here's a picture of a guest named Rita. I particularly liked this lady. She told me she was 80 years old and that she wanted something very tame. Because she didn't want to draw attention to herself when she'd be at an event that evening with Alec Baldwin. I liked her care to 'take the lower seat'. Interesting that that makes her seem 'bigger' to me:



A quiet event, when Christie Brinkley walked by I was feeling very comfortable.
"Oh - Hi," I said. "How about a Face-Painting? I'd be glad for an opportunity to see how my Artwork is affected by a Top Model."

Christie was quite pleasant. I recommended to paint her like one of my Samples that was right there - because the little girl that I had painted previously kind-of looked a little like the SuperStar:



Awww, geee, I thought. This is going to be great fun. But Christie said something about choosing a different Sample if she had time to take a Painting just now - made us all laugh because she said something about having power when she goes home to her kids. Here's the Sample she was talking about. Funny:



And then I took one more photo of how the Super Model looks when she's just hanging around and chatting:



I felt inspired and happy. I went to the gym after the event :-)

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