artistry up close

A painter, an illustrator and a photographer take their craft from art to artistry. An incredible feat of eye-candy that takes one into surrealism for MAC Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 Collection.

The exhibit features New Yorkers, Richard Phillips and Maira Kalman. Painter Phillips transforms his pieces into a "digital cosmetic intervention". His painting was used as a palette and transforms the skin tone and eye make-up by using cosmetics on the surface. Two models (left) were body painted so that they blended onto Phillips painting. His original source came from a vintage porn magazine!

Maira Kalman's illustration is brought to life with a body painted model (left) sitting at a table. The original sketch was of a woman who had come to interview Maira at her studio. Kalman is a well known author and illustrator of children's books.

It took a team of 3 senior artists plus 9 make-up artists, working up to 8 hours to create the look for each model for the two exhibits.