Body Painting Index
Goldlover
involving either bondage or body painting. I took the latter half and
expanded it to include books, posters, and various video items. I'm
working on putting together a mailing list, so if you would like your name
added, drop me a line at the address below.
Some of the responses I've gotten have suggested modifying this list
into a combination FAQ/mailing list. If anybody out there has any
painting
experiences they're willing to pass on, drop me a line. Other sections on
photography tips and brands of paints might be a good idea, as well.
I would like to add a section dealing with "exotic dance clubs" that
have featured painted dancers, but have had little luck finding any in my
area. Admittedly, the prep time involved would make this a rarity, but
you never know. If any of you have had any experiences in this
department, the rest of us would like to know!
Updated: 11/1/94
Original post by Dave Li (Dav...@bbs.oit.unc.edu) on 8/30/92.
Send questions, comments, or (more importantly) addenda to:
gold...@aol.com (temporary custodian while regular poster is on hiatus)
Magazines:
Life, November 9, 1964. Cover and interior shot of Shirley Eaton in her
Goldfinger "costume."
Playboy, February 1967. "Girls of Casino Royale." A couple of small
photos
of the women who were painted gold in the film.
Playboy, March 1968. "Brush-On Fashions" - Cover and pictorial of several
body painting samples.
Playboy, January 1971. "Stalking the Wild Veruschka" - Top fashion model
Veruschka painted as a snake, cheetah, pile of rocks, etc.
Gallery, February 1973. "Erotic Industrial Design - What?" Cover and
pictorial article of silver models.
Zoom, sometime in 1973. Article on Jon Stevens, the photographer of the
2/73 issue of Gallery, as well as an Isis album cover.
Playboy, January 1974. (20th Anniversary Issue) "Painted Lady" -
Veruschka with painted-on clothes as a flamenco dancer, stripper,
gangster, etc.
Playboy, sometime in 1976. "Women At Work" - Cindy Russell, totally
covered in grease and tar on a rig. (also in their "Playboy Women")
High Society, October 1977. Star Whores." Front and back cover shots, as
well as an interior pictorial of gold "robot" women.
Playboy, February 1978. "Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind" - Silver
painted model.
Penthouse, January 1980. "The Art of Loving" - Two ladies cover each
other in paint.
Playboy, May 1980. "Out of Miss World" - Silvana Suarez, Argentinian
Miss World 1978, painted in various surreal designs in the spirit of a
Rene Magritte painting.
Chic, July 1980. Gold-painted buttocks on cover.
Playboy, September 1981. "You Tarzan, Me Bo" - Bo Derek, painted white by
the natives for the film "Tarzan".
American Photo, April 1982. Cher in silver body paint as Hans C.
Andersen's "Snow Queen."
Playboy, April 1983. "Going Native" - Pamela Bellwood, onetime star of
Dynasty, painted by the Masai in their tribal paint.
Hustler May (1983?). "Programmed for Passion." Shaved, silver woman.
National Lampoon, December 1984. Cover shot of a model in a painted suit.
Rolling Stone, May 23, 1985. One of the pictures accompanying an article
on the underground club scene had a picture of a topless woman painted in
a zebra pattern.
Playboy, November 1985. The "Women of Mensa" pictorial featured two shots
of a woman made up as a cat.
Playboy, July 1986. Article on the Pirelli Calendar. Two calendars ('84
and
'86) featured painting.
American Photographer, March 1987. pp 61-67 feature shots of Veruschka
painted to blend into the background. An entire book of such photos of
her by photographer Holger Truelzsch was published that year.
Playboy, September 1987. The 007 pictorial of Maryam D'Abo featured a
two-page picture of her painted gold in honor of "Goldfinger".
Playboy, January 1988. "Maxine Legroom." Not _exactly_ body-painting,
but interesting nonetheless. Heavy body make-up, wigs (upper _and_
lower), and contacts.
Photo (French), March 1988. Article on _Trans-Figurations_, with several
pages of photos.
Peterson's Photographic, March 1988. Cover shot and two interior shots of
silver women. Article explaining lighting setup for such "metal" shots.
Penthouse, October 1988. "Finger Painting" - "Linda" and "Ginger," painted
red, blue and gold, enjoy one another's company.
Playboy, May 1989. The picture of Kirsten Allen from the Glaviano book
(see below) is reprinted in the "Grapevine" section.
Longevity, March 1990. Cover shot of a woman painted by Japanese artist
Hideaki Fujii.
Penthouse, April 1990. "Pet Rocks." Lesbian layout featuring two women
painted convincingly as rock formations (I think they're Janine
Lindemulder and Amy Lynn Baxter, but it's hard to tell).
Fame, April 1990. Goldie Hawn painted gold. Nude, but nothing is shown
(small photo reprinted in the 4/30 issue of Time).
Time, April 30, 1990. Small reprint of a Goldie Hawn shot from Fame is
shown in "Milestone" section.
Playboy, May 1990. Feature on French photographer Patrick Magaud. One
series of shots is of a woman painted as a bronze statue walking
through Paris streets.
Knave, vol.22 #6 (British). Cover and centerfold, painted white with
flames.
Penthouse (French), September 1990. "Punk'Art." Reprint of Oct. '88
"Finger Painting" layout in American edition. The layout was called a
"Penthouse Video," but I don't know if it was stills from a video or not.
Penthouse, March 1991. "Robo-Pet" - Janine Lindemulder, 3/4s painted
silver.
Playboy (German), May 1991. Cigarrette ad featuring another "painted
suit" shot by Joanne Gair (artist of Demi Moore cover).
Amateur Photographer, November 16, 1991. Feature on the 1992 Pirelli
Calendar shoot, which featured women made up as animals (only their
torsos and faces were made up; they were wearing body stockings).
Femme Fatales, Summer 1992. Two shots of Linnea Quigley in her "Hollywood
Chainsaw Hookers" paint job.
Vanity Fair, August 1992. Demi Moore cover and pictorial.
Femme Fatales, Fall 1992. Inside cover has a shot of Rebecca Ferrati in a
leopard-pattern paint job.
Playboy, September 1992. The Sandra Bernhard pictorial features one shot
of her painted gold.
Spy, September 1992. Paint-by-numbers parody of Demi Moore cover.
Penthouse, December 1992. "Facing the Music." Woman with airbrushed
piano keyboard, painted gold, etc.
Playboy, January 1993. "The Year in Sex" feature features shots comparing
the Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover to a shot in their "Brush-on Fashions"
article in a 1968 issue. Also, shot of a French
performance-art group painted in day-glo colors.
Photo (French), Jan/Feb 1993. Cover of a nude woman in gold, bronze, and
green, wearing a firefighter's helmet. Other shots inside.
Nugget, February 1993. Cover and pictorial "Catwoman" parody.
Femme Fatales, Spring 1993. In an article on the women of Babylon 5, one
is painted in a parody of the Demi Moore "suit" cover.
On Our Backs, May/June 1993. Cover, interior shots of a woman in painted
flames.
Gent, September 1993. Cover and pictorial of "Wondrous Woman" (model in
painted-on "Wonder Woman" costume).
Penthouse, September 1993. Women painted as statues, animals in
background of layout on Andrew Dice Clay.
Stern, 11 Nov '93. "Kunst Hautnah." German artists use models as their
art.
Penthouse, December 1993. "Searching for Bob Fischer." Janine
Lindemulder and Amy Lynn Baxter get painted by performance artist Bob
Fischer.
Esquire (British ed.), Dec 93/ Jan 94. Kate Moss painted gold, shots on
cover and interior.
Elle MacPherson 1993 calendar. The two December shots are nude shots of
her painted gold. A video detailing the making of this calendar aired
in Australia and is available there on tape (PAL format). Negotiations
are underway for a North American NTSC release through PolyGram.
Celebrity Skin #32 (publ. March 1, 1994). Supermodels edition, small shot
of Rachel Williams painted gold.
Penthouse, May 1994. "The Three Graces." Three women in heavy body
makeup.
Penthouse (German), July 1994. "Haut-Malerei." Reprint of "Searching
for..."photos, along with one or two shots that weren't in the American
edition.
Arena, July/August 1994. Naomi Campbell topless, painted gold in a
four-page layout.
Celebrity Skin #34. Bodybuilders Lisa Lyon and Lydia Cheng nude, painted
silver and gold, respectively.
Flex, September 1994. Nine-page layout featuring three bodybuilders (one
man, two women) made up as robotic aliens.
Casting (French), September 1994 (No. 16). Two items: Two-page, full-body
layout of model Nathalie painted gold in tribute to "Goldfinger". Also,
quarter-page B&W bust shot of model Emma in silver body paint (except
face.)
Dick (Japanese), October 1994. Two-page article w/photos on a body
painting show at the London Colloge of Fashion.
20 Ans (French), October 1994 (No. 98). Full-page, full-body nude shot of
woman covered in tiny silver sequins.
Takarajima (Japanese), November 2 1994. Two page frontal shot of a silver
woman.
Interestingly, all of the "painted" layouts in Penthouse were done by
photographer Earl Miller (and most of them featured Janine
Lindemulder).
Also, many issues of Hustler, Genesis, and Gallery from the 80's feature
body painting photos in those small sections near the beginning of
the magazine (the name escapes me at the moment).
Parliament News published a magazine called "Carnal" that included body
painting and bondage, as well as other fetishes. Volume 1, #1
was in late 1985. Anybody know what happened to it after that?
Body Art (quarterly) has many issues that feature body painting.
Individual issues cost around $18 and are available in the U.S. at Tower
Records outlets (bagged, so you can't browse), as well as through:
Constance Enterprises Last Gasp of San Francisco
PO Box 43277 2180 Bryant St.
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 San Francisco, CA 94110
(issues that featured body painting)
#6) Cover shot of woman with fantasy paint job
"Body Painting: Hints, Competition, and Naturists"
#8) Cover shot of woman with painted-on Spiderman outfit.
Annual body painting contest winners
#9?) Cover shot of woman standing in field, painted to match
#12) Annual Body painting contest winners.
#16) Body painting contest winners.
#18) Body painting winners.
#20) Body painting contest winners.
#21) (Fall, 1994) "Gorgeous body painting - on beaches, in colleges,
in advertisements."
Miscellaneous:
Album cover of a record by an all-girl group named Isis (ca. 1974)
featured them painted silver by Jon Stevens, the photographer of the 2/73
issue of Gallery. It can be purchased from Golden Oldies Promotions at
(513) 561-8657 if you can't find it used locally.
Album cover for a group named Rain featured a nude woman with a
"lightning" paint job (black, with bright bolt of lightning).
The Royal Haverford Circus has an act called "Living Statues," featuring
two men and a woman in bronze paint.
Fantasy Fest. "A costume party in Key West where 70,000 people descend
upon this town of 35,000. While nudity is not completely overlooked by
police, there are many costumes that consist mostly, if not entirely, of
body paint, temporary tattoos, and the like. It is held on the last
Saturday of October, as well as the preceding week (or more)." Videos of
the event are available.
Jon Stevens, the photographer of the "silver" pictorials in the 2/73 issue
of Gallery and the Isis album cover, is now running a place called
"The Silver People Gallery" in NYC on East 89th. No one I know has
ever gotten a return call from the place. Can anybody who lives in
the NY area check this out?
MetaMorf, an IBM morphing software package, features a nude model painted
as a doberman on its cover.
The CD single cover for Jesse Jayme's "Body Heat" features a gold,
bikini-clad woman.
A recently-aired Canadian commercial for Crush (the soft drink) featured a
group of nude models being painted into a mural.
The CD cover for Bow Wow Wow's album, "I Want Candy" features the lead
singer in gold paint.
The covers for both A Tribe Called Quest albums feature a nude model in
flourescent stripes.
Movies:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. At a party scene about one hour into the
movie, one of the women there is wearing nothing but a coat of
matte black paint. This incredibly bad movie was written by none
other than film critic Roger Ebert (must've been an off day).
Bust Video vol. 9 (Japanese). Gold torso on box cover.
Cabin Boy. Multi-armed blue woman (along the lines of old movie critters
animated by Ray Harryhausen) shows Chris Elliot the ropes.
Casino Royale. Two women painted a la "Goldfinger" get involved in bar
brawl. Very quick shot.
Cassanova 4: The Conquest (x-rated). One actress painted as a tiger in
one
scene. (not much paint; poorly lit, too)
Cherry 2000. Striped and polka-dotted women in bar scene.
Dance With Death. Catya Sassoon does a routine in a thong bottom and a
gold paint job. One shot in the opening credits is of a dancer with a
painted-on tuxedo; it's not in the actual film for some reason.
Death Becomes Her. In one scene, Bruce Willis tries to give a
recently-undead Meryl Streep "that youthful glow" with a few cans of
flesh-tone paint and a spray gun.
Driller (x-rated). Lesbian scene between two gold-painted women.
The Emerald Jungle. Female lead painted gold from neck down by cult
leader.
F (x-rated). Buxom woman with painted tuxedo top, other woman painted
gold, others covered with glitter-paint designs.
For Richer or Poorer (x-rated). Lengthy lesbian scene where one woman is
painted gold.
Girl's Night Out Pt.4. In the final scene, some of the women have been
painted with patches of red or gold.
Goldfinger. The Criterion edition laserdisk has several pages of
production
stills and promotional posters featuring Shirley Eaton.
The Guardian. Jenny Seagrove covered in a tree-like design. Breasts and
crotch covered by prostheses.
Hardbodies 2. Topless models in opening sequence painted as statues.
Henry and June. Extended background sequence with many painted people
(blue, black, and gold) taking part in some huge Parisian street party.
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers. In her "Virgin Dance of the Double Chainsaws"
routine, Linnea Quigley has a pair of twined snakes painted around her
body.
I Love N.Y. Brief fashion shoot at beginning of movie has a nude woman
painted as a statue.
Inside Out, vol. 1. In one segment, a painter creates his paintings by
pouring buckets of paint on women he seduces.
Jason and the Argonauts. The "Medea" character does a dance painted gold
in a temple.
The Kiss. Joanna Pacula in stripes.
Lair of the White Worm. Amanda Donohoe in blue paint.
Love Scenes, vol. 1. A woman executive interviews a male dancer, and then
paints him gold.
Masterpiece (x-rated). A woman artist uses people as her paintbrushes.
The Midas Touch (x-rated). Several women get turned to gold.
Mondo Cane. One segment is on an artist who uses "human paint brushes"
(ie. models bathe in blue paint, then rub against a canvas).
Mondo New York. Annie Sprinkle and one other woman are painted during
some kind of poetry reading.
Ms. Magnificent (x-rated). Two women in full-body paint jobs; one yellow,
one red.
Night Rhythms. A gold woman poses on a piano at an LA lesbian nightclub.
Ougon ("Gold") (x, Japanese). Nude gold woman on box cover, footage of
photo shoot at beginning on video.
Ougon 2 (x, Japanese). Box cover shots, as well as 20 minutes of
gold-painted sex scenes inside. Features what is probably the first oral
use of gold paint.
Outland. Nude, silver dancers in bar scenes.
Private Video Magazine #1, "Private Art." Two models agree to let a
French artist paint them. He and his assistant paint them into psuedo-
lingerie.
Prospero's Books. The nymph characters have have various painted designs.
Quest for Fire. Rae Dawn Chong's costume consists of a coat of blue and
black paint.
Return of the Jedi. Jabba the Hutt's scantily-clad dancer is a sandy
yellow
color (she falls out of her costume at one point).
Road to Bali. Brief scene about 20 minutes in, involving three gold
dancers.
Robocop II. The spokesmodel in a sunscreen commercial (SPF2000, no less)
coats herself with the bluish stuff.
Rocky. The ring girls at the fight (who also escort in Apollo Creed) are
painted silver (no nudity).
Serpent of the Nile ('53, color). Julie Newmar painted gold.
Sex Wars (x-rated). Various green- and gold-painted alien women.
She Comes In Colors (x-rated). An artist pours paint over his models.
600 Fantasy Lane (x-rated). Women painted as horse, tiger, leopard.
Star Trek V. Three-breasted tigress dancer in the bar scene.
Stripped to Kill II. In one dance scene, one of the dancers is painted in
feline stripes.
Sunset Heat. Penthouse Pet Julie Strain is topless, painted silver in one
scene.
Taboo VII. An artist douses her subjects with paint, who then get
friendly
with each other.
Tarzan the Ape Man. Bo Derek painted white by natives.
Tattoo. Maud Adams covered in fake tattoos.
The Trip. Go-go dancers in 60's psychedelic paint jobs.
Vamp. Grace Jones does a dance number painted in white geometric
patterns.
Vampire Circus. A woman painted as a snake (nude, except for a patch over
her crotch and a bald cap) does a dance number with her "trainer"/
partner. The design was swiped directly from a Veruschka photo.
Vengeance of the Zombies. Incredibly bad horror film with a woman painted
gold from the waist up.
A View to a Kill. A nude dancer at the end of the opening credits is
painted with flames in flourescent paint.
Where the Heart Is ('90). Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, and others are
painted to blend in with classic paintings. Body painting by
Timna Woolard.
Whore of the Worlds (x-rated). Several painted characters.
Video/TV:
Dr. Who, "Claw of Axos." Gold-faced aliens.
Dream On. "Portrait by the Artist on a Young Man." A woman has a snake
"tattoo" around her body.
Eye on Hollywood (sometime in 1987). One segment was on body painters,
had interviews with Joanne Gair and some other guy.
Geraldo, "Klub Kidz '94" (2/25). Some kind of club scene discussion. One
lady in a loose fishnet top, painted silver from the waist up.
The Hitchhiker, "Perfect Order." Virginia Madsen painted white.
1991 MTV Video Music Awards. "Nekkid gold women" in Prince's "Gett Off"
production.
1993 Oscars. Gold dancing girls in "A Whole New World" production number.
Nude Body Painting (Ace Video, $24.98). Waste of money, don't bother.
Penthouse: Art of Desire. Painter rubs paint onto women, who then lie
down on canvas.
Penthouse: Satin and Lace, "Masai Queen." Female explorer meets nice
woman in jungle; they rub ochre paint on each other.
Playboy's Candid Camera (vol. 3?). In one segment, a woman painted as a
statue squirts brainless menials with a water gun.
Playboy's Girls of Rock and Roll. Velveeta '80s music videos, but some
feature girls who have been painted silver, gold, and various
psychedelic patterns.
Playboy's International Playmates, "Restless Natives." One segment
features playmayes made up as felines.
Real Sex 2. A stripper is interviewed in the first segment, and at one
point
in the act, she douses herself with flourescent paint.
Real Sex 8 (HBO). In the segment on the Exotic Erotica Ball, there is a
(very) brief shot of a topless woman with a leopard paint job.
Rock Video Girls 1. Segment involving woman half-painted as statue.
Rock Video Girls 3. Girl painted bluish-silver.
Sexcetera: The World According to Playboy ('84). One segment is on
French body painting artist Helene Guetary. Another segment features
body painters at Black's Beach.
The South Bank Show, "Annie Liebowitz." Biography of said photographer.
Camera crew present at Demi Moore painting/photo session.
Star Trek, "The Cage" (also in "The Menagerie"). Susan Oliver in green.
STNG, "Cost of Living." Painted dancer, nude except for patches glued
over
her crotch and breasts.
Unmasked Fantasy. Filmed at Cheetah III in Atlanta, some of the dancers
are painted as animals or have painted-on clothes.
The World of LSD. One segment features hippie body painters.
(Known) Music Videos:
Aerosmith, "Living On the Edge." Lead singer painted in a number of old
Veruschka designs (painting by Joanne Gair).
Angelique Kidjo, "Agolo." Many gold, silver, and red dancers.
Blind Melon, "Changed." A few brief shots of women fully painted in matte
colors (with strategically-placed arms).
The Cranberries, "Zombie." Lead singer Delores O'Riordan is painted gold
through much of the video.
The Flaming Lips, "Turn it On." Silver, bikini-clad dancer.
Mick Jagger, "Sweet Thing." Various topless dancers painted to blend
in with walls, a la Veruschka (though some have some kind of
patch up front). Strategic blurring by MTV.
Madonna, "Fever." Painted silver.
Maxine Legroom (Playboy Video Magazine #18). See above for description of
character.
Tom Petty, "Learning to Fly." Topless woman in neck-to-toe psychedlic
paint job. MTV adds strategically-placed shadows.
T-Ride, "Zombies from Hell." Dancers painted grey and black in
animal-like patterns.
Warrant, "Machine Gun." Nude woman covered in tattoos.
Zebra, "Wait Until the Summer's Gone." Old video from '84 or so. A woman
(topless, I think; it's been a while) painted as a zebra covorts around.
Zhane', "Sending My Love." The female duo is painted gold, but the video
is shot through a tint that pretty much obscures the color.
Posters:
Bud Light promo. Old Spuds Mackenzie ad, showing him lying in front of a
bikini-clad gold woman. Item number L88-05.
"Camouflage Girl." Nude, Rambo-esque woman painted in camouflage pattern.
Door-sized. $9. (c) '86, One Stop Posters. 1001 Monterey Pass Rd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754.
"Greasy Rider." Side shot of a woman in glossy black paint.
"Spend Your Energy" ad campaign by the Ontario Milk Marketing Board
feature a series of six posters featuring nude models painted like
Holsteins.
More posters have recently been released, as well as a TV ad campaign.
Books:
Glaviano, Marco. _Models: Sittings 1978-1988_. Day Dream Publishing.
Has one nude, B/W shot of model Kirsten Allen in gold paint.
Guetary, Helene and Patrice Casanova. _Skin Deep_. Melrose Publishing
Co. 1984. ISBN 0-394-53812-9. $24.95 (paid $35 for mine)
OUT OF PRINT
Lehndorf, Vera and Holger Truelzsch. _Veruschka: Trans-figurations_.
Little, Brown, and Company. 1986. ISBN 0-8212-1637-6. $35.00.
(paid $19 for mine)
OUT OF PRINT
Life Goes to the Movies. Full-page reprint of one of Shirley Eaton's
Goldfinger poses from the November 1964 issue of Life.
Rolling Stone: The Photographs. Has a full-page reprint of the "zebra"
shot from the May 23, 1985 issue of the magazine.
Rye, Graham. _The James Bond Girls_. Boxtree, Ltd. 1989.
ISBN 1-85283-267-3. 9.99 pounds.
Has two new color shots of Shirley Eaton in her "Goldfinger" paint.
Siegmund, Christian W. and Brend Bauer, Sabine Kuhne, ed. _Modern Mask
Design_. Siegmund Verlag. 1986. ISBN 3-923251-28-9. $76.
Available through Kryolan Corp. (1-800-866-1329)
There are also two books by a guy named "Diakanoff" that are supposed to
be pretty good, but I haven't been able to find either one. A couple of
general photography books by Michael Boys supposedly have a few painting
examples in them. Can anybody confirm this? There were a few samples in a
book called "Color Photography," including one silver model, and one
"painted" with colored glitter. "Conceptual People Photography" has a nude
gold woman on its cover.
Sources:
Kryolan Corporation (aka California Theatrical Supply)
132 Ninth St.
San Francisco 94103
1-800-866-1329
415-863-9059 (fax)
Main catalog is $2.
(good source for paints, as well as plaster bandages and alginate for
the
sculpturally inclined)
Passaic Book Center
594 Main Avenue
Passaic, NJ 07055
(201) 778-6646 (voice)
(201) 778-6738 (fax)
$2 for catalog
(great place to look for most of the magazines listed above, but they've
been slow lately)