The Human Statues photo shoot featured here is one of my all-time favourite body painting missions so far. I think it's the only time to date that I've helped paint two people AND model for two body paintings myself in the same day.

I found out about the shoot through a message on the alt.art.bodypainting newsgroup back in early 2001, advertising for body painters and models.

The Royal Manor Theatre.

The venue for the photo shoot was the Royal Manor Theatre in Fortuneswell, Portland, just south of Weymouth. The body painting took place in the Green Room backstage, and we had the use of the stage for the photo shoot.

As well as the body painted human statues, there were also a couple of costumed human statues taking part.

During the first part of the day, there were three body paintings taking place at once in the Green Room - the robot which I painted, the painted suit, and the woman in white.

After the initial photo shoot of the Woman in White, we added some blue and grey paint effects applied with sponge, to turn her into a marble statue. Shortly after that, she and one of the ladies taking part as a costumed human statue transformed me into a zebra.

The final part of the photo shoot was dedicated to body painted gold statues. We used some special oil-based metallic gold paint from Walter Stein in Germany.

The Woman in White
a costumed human statue,
and the Robot.

Gold Statues

Costumed Human Statues.