Face Paint Ideas & News

IT'S TIME to welcome back KRISTY O'NEIL to #teamfacepaintshopaustralia, our most experienced sponsored artist and competitor at the Australian Body Art Festival 2019.With more than 10 years of competition painting under her belt, Kris is one of Australia’s most awarded face and body painters and for good reason: She takes the task of creating art seriously. In fact, face and body art is just one of her many talents. Kris also illustrates children's books, paints murals, as well as commissio …

INTRODUCING SAM LAHY, our next sponsored artist and first time competitor at the Australian Body Art Festival, 2019. I first met Sam when she volunteered to be my model at a body paint workshop I took in Brisbane early last year. As I got to know her, I discovered she loved making art and enjoyed creating her own body painting designs too.While Sam is more familiar with acrylics, watercolours and ink, she developed an interest in face paint and body art after volunteering at a kindy fundraiser a …

TODAY we welcome back Lorna Nickels as a sponsored artist for the Australian Body Art Festival 2019. In 2017, Lorna was one of our first sponsored artists and I'm beyond excited she has agreed to represent FPSA again this year. A combination of skill, imagination and dedication to creating beautiful art makes Lorna a force to be reckoned with. “Being part of team Face Paint Shop Australia for ABAF in 2017 was one of the highlights of my painting journey so far, so I’m ecstatic to have the c …

WITH THE Australian Body Art Festival 2019 fast approaching, it gives me great pleasure to announce our sponsored artists for #teamfacepaintshopaustralia, starting with Yeni Redding from Darwin, NT.Artist: Yeni Redding, Yenz Face Painting, Darwin, NTTHIS WILL BE YENI's first experience of the Australian Body Art Festival, as well as her first time competing.About 15 years ago, Yen says she fumbled her way into the face painting world. Raising a family and juggling commitments meant that face pai …