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5/16/2013

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PictureLast month's JNT print, 'April Showers.' Photo by Todd Powers
Todd has been working with model Jin n' Tonic on a series of monthly print releases, and they asked me to collaborate on 'May Flowers.'  Lisa Klassen-Barnes agreed to bring her skills to the table, and we had a concept meeting in April.

Jin and I agreed that It would have been easy to slap a few roses on her and be done with it; but we wanted something more meaningful. 

Dandelion, we discovered, is a significant bloom for both of us, and worthy of a labor-intensive project. 

PictureLearning to capture Dandelion. Thank you, Lisa!
Dandelion is an outsider of sorts; a lovely wild flower, wrongly named a weed. Jin and I both appreciate Dandelion as an irreverent, tenacious little survivor --she flies on the wind and blooms wherever she lands; no shame, no apologies.
 
On the flip side; the Dandelion is tough to capture, visually.  She's complicated ... One more reason to like her.  I am still new to body painting, especially in color, and I had only ten days to research, sketch, plan . . . and practice, on anyone who would sit still (thank you, Lisa)!

PictureLisa created a uniquely Dandelion hairstyle.
The day of the shoot arrived, and I was nervous.  The group had great energy, though, making it impossible to stay tense. 

Lisa created something uniquely wild and beautiful with Jin's hair;  And I was able to let myself get lost in the paint. The practice paid off, as I finished painting Jin sooner than I'd anticipated.

To complete her look, Todd air-brushed some blue-green into Jin's hair, and she was ready to go.

Jin, Todd, and Lisa had all been scouting potential locations, in the ten days I was learning Dandelion, so no time was wasted during the shoot, either. 

Our collective efforts on this project have really paid off. The finished photos are amazing (see below)! 

This has been a terrific collaboration, and I'm grateful to have been a part of it.  This is definitely my favorite arts-mischief so far, in 2013!

 (above and nsfw) behind the scenes video created by Jin n' Tonic!
(below) slide-show of Jin's four-hour transformation into the Dandelion:
JNT Print "May Flowers" for May 2013!
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To view Todd's finished edits from the shoot, please visit
my forward motion gallery, here at jenraven.com.

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For more on this project, visit A JNT Blog on Jin's official fan page!

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3/19/2018 06:40:36 am

There's no more words I can say but magnificent! That body painting is so beautiful  and it doesn't even look nudish or something. It was creatively done and the woman who became the subject of the art sure knows how to project. That dandelion looked great  on people. Because of what I just saw here, I was inspires to have some dandelion tattoos!

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8/29/2019 04:06:34 pm

Thank you so much for this note! We are all so happy that you enjoyed our collaboration. We enjoyed bringing this work to the world!

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κenn Liveseψ
8/29/2019 03:51:57 pm

this was enjoyable to watch in many respects. anytime we observe activities which are out of the ordinary, ie extraordinary, we find ourselves using our ordinary and customary perspectives in examining it. that in itself is humorous.

art expands and the expansion of its appreciation transfers to the observer. in kicking this up a notch i as the observer can envision even greater pushing of the boundaries which the artist could potentially consider.

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Jen Raven link
8/29/2019 04:08:07 pm

Thank you so much for your kind words, Kenn! This collaboration definitely pushed me farther than I'd been, and that's a good thing!

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