The Face Paint Lady Blog

Every February my friend Roger and I get together for lunch. It's his birthday month, and he often treats. We met in 1988 and he taught me theatrical makeup, of which facepaint is a small subset. I always told people that Roger taught me to facepaint. He says he didn't! Maybe the correct phrase is that he introduced me to facepaint during Halloween, and let me free range and make it up. This picture of our feet is expressive of two dedicated people approaching the makeup indu

Here I am in Downtown Annapolis with a new found friend during Dinner Under The Stars. The weather was gorgeous, the street was closed off and vibrant with pickle-ballers and dining families. You can see the tip of the cat ear painted on her arm. For two hours I facepainted and saw friends old and new. This is the grassroots nature of my company. I am very specifically expanding my product line into play and custom doodling. The magic of my work lies in how I connect with peo

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I ask just about everyone that I interact with about what type of art they do. While banking in my local branch, I asked the young man...

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