Pressing The Flesh

Friday, July 21, 2006

While a lot of our Flesh, Ink. Friday artists tend to be from Europe and elsewhere around the world, it's nice to find great work here in the United States, as well.

There's one Robert Johnson that most people know about - the great blues musician who sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads.

The Robert Johnson that you might not know about may very well have sold his soul as well, but not for music. This Robert Johnson runs DVNC Arts from his home in Dallas, Texas, and is an extremely gifted artist.

While I'm always struck by the beauty of the human body, there is something magical about the ability of a body paint artist to make the body disappear, as well, and Robert Johnson crafts that magic, creating amazing illusions.

From the DVNC website:

Body painting allows one to display the human form in a myriad of ways without the permanance of of tattoo or scarification. It also allows one to explore a more 3-dimentional effect: optical illusion to trick the eye, revealing and concealing at the artist's will.

My canvas lives and breathes. My art comes from within everyone I touch.