By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR On Saturday, Dec. 7, Bare Bones will take art fans to a different dimension of the creative universe when it presents “Bare,” the art of Marissa Janczewska. The evening will present Janczewska’s explorations in the world of body painting, complete with live demonstrations. Janczewska has long been a commercial artist, either as a graphic designer or as a photojournalist. “I have always used some sort of art as my main source of income.” The art of body painting came her way, said Janczewska, when she “landed a small face painting job in 2010 and (I) got really excited about the different possibilities of what I had always thought was a weird sort of low-brow art form.” From there, Janczewska said, “Eventually, I began taking classes and traveling for face and body painting… and the doors just opened from there.” Those doors proved to be fortuitous ones for Janczewska, “(Body painting’s) my main source of income and I can balance all of the commercial work I get with fulfilling projects like this show.” Body painting seemed to be a perfect fit for Janczewska’s artistic bent. “I love art history and fine art, but I’ve always been [...]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR On Saturday, Dec. 7, Bare Bones will take art fans to a different dimension of the creative universe when it presents “Bare,” the art of Marissa Janczewska. The evening will present Janczewska’s explorations in the world of body painting, complete with live demonstrations. Janczewska has long been a commercial artist, either as a graphic designer or as a photojournalist. “I have always used some sort of art as my main source of income.” The art of body painting came her way, said Janczewska, when she “landed a small face painting job in 2010 and (I) got really excited about the different possibilities of what I had always thought was a weird sort of low-brow art form.” From there, Janczewska said, “Eventually, I began taking classes and traveling for face and body painting… and the doors just opened from there.” Those doors proved to be fortuitous ones for Janczewska, “(Body painting’s) my main source of income and I can balance all of the commercial work I get with fulfilling projects like this show.” Body painting seemed to be a perfect fit for Janczewska’s artistic bent. “I love art history and fine art, but I’ve always been [...]