Craig Tracy's Painted Alive Body Painting. Making Artistic Masterpieces Using Human Bodies.

Posted: 4/13/2011

Craig Tracy has been an artist since the time he can remember, but before exploring the wonderful art of body painting Craig did a whole lot of drawings and illustrations. A graduate from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, by the age of 20 Craig was a freelance illustrator, and worked with a lot of advertising agencies and publications, but soon he realized that he could no longer connect with the work that he was doing. "I had no real interest or connection to the work and it seemed to such the passion and energy right out of me." shares the artist.

And thats when he discovered the art of body painting and instantly clicked with this art form. After working on it for couple of years, Craig realized he'd rekindled with his passion and fallen in love with this ancient art form. "Craig was at the point feverishly enthralled with the idea of becoming a fine art Body painter. He researched by searching, or rather surfing the web with a renewed passion that surprised even him." describes his website.

Here's what the artist has to share about his passion:

"It really clicked, from the very first time that I painted a face., it was strangely powerful. I later realized that I had quite literally fallen in love with Body painting. It did however took me years to properly process and respect such an uncharted and ancient art form. It was similar to how people don't take things seriously because they have no example to follow. Rock and Roll or Rap for example. It was hard to take these two seriously first, but we see how that all turned out. I personally didn't take Body painting seriously for five or six years. The day I finally realized myself 'why', why I liked painting on people so much, led me to...Well....What if I take this passionate interest seriously? That one question and a quick Google search changed the course of my life."