Wednesday, July 13, 2016


Body Painting Artists and Models Take To The Streets for Bodypainting Day

Male model and female model Anne Brakel pose by the water fountain in body paint

Credit: John Ahearn
Male model and female model Anne Brakel pose by the water fountain in body paint.


Beautiful models in golden body paint brighten a gloomy and overcast day, as the 3rd annual Bodypainting Day in New York City took place at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on Saturday, July 9, 2016.

Male and female models of all body shapes and sizes descended on the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City.

Some very talented body painters, who would transform the models bodies into living, breathing works of art, joined the models.

The theme for this year’s Bodypainting Day was "inner beauty" and the models and artists worked together to create some truly beautiful and inspiring works of art.

Bodypainting Day brings the beauty of body painting to the streets of the Big Apple.

The event gave the public a chance to see art being created before there very eyes.

Model shakes her hand to keep the circulation going while posing for very elaborate body painting design

Credit: John Ahearn
Model shakes her hand to keep the circulation going while posing for very elaborate body painting design.


As the models disrobed and the body painters prepared to paint them, they were surrounded by a sea of photographers.

From the public viewing area, people were taking pictures with there cell phones, while other people were stopping by to see what was going on.

Everyone seems to be enjoying the day, from the public, to the artists and to the models who all seem to be wearing big smiles that brightened up the day.

The location provided some stunding backdrops as a male model poses with female model Anne Brakel against a flowing fountain that was framed with a steel pavillion and lush green tree leaves.

Model Anne Brakel was painted in swirling rows of red, blue and gold strips which were created by body paining artist Xiomara Babilonia.

Body painting artist Andy Golub was busy painting a female fitness model shades of red, white and blue, with some gold and black added to his creation.

Body painting artist Andy Golub painting a body building model

Credit: John Ahearn
Body painting artist Andy Golub painting a body building model.


Besides body painting models on the streets of New York City, Andy Golub is the artist that envisioned and created the first Bodypainting Day in 2014.

Over the past three years, Bodypainting Day has become an international event with Bodypainting Day in New York City on July 9, Amsterdam on August 20 and San Francisco on October 23, 2016.

Andy Golub had been painting models on the streets of New York since 2009, but was often harassed the police and was kicked out of Times Square in 2009 for painting a male and female model wearing g-strings.

After contacting a lawyer, he decided to fight police harassment.

In 2011, Andy Golub painted fully nude models and was promptly arrested.

Although harassed by police and arrested for painting topless models on New York City streets, Golub won in court the right to body paint models in public, even nude models.

Adding a little pink body paint to golden face model.

Credit: John Ahearn
Adding a little pink body paint to golden face model.


Subsequently, NYC legal department informed him that he could legally paint fully nude men or women, day or night, on any public street of New York City and all charges against him were dismissed.

There was a cornucopia of styles at this year’s Bodypainting Day.

One model's body painting captured a giant heart and white doves on the front with the legend "Love Your Self" and on the back was a tombstone to "Here Lie Self Hate".

Another model was painted in long, angle wings.

Cosplay and superheros were also represented with a blonde model sporting a toonish like superwoman costume with oversize red bowtie, white sailor t-shirt, blue short and pink knee high stocks.

The complete superwoman toonish outfit was created with body paint.

From very colorful abstract designs, to very elaborate detailed painting, all types of body painting art were represented.

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