Elisabeth Cavell

Soon after this I had the idea of applying paint to a person - taking the paint away from the canvas outside to life. Why should paint be constricted to the canvas. I was aware that my ideas were completely different and a risk from the usual painting an Polaroids. However i was very excited about this new idea - it would still be art with or without the canvas.
For example Susan Hillers Auras, the figures in the work doesn't seem to be the most important aspect, its the colors seem to be the most important medium within these works. So I began to find someone to start applying paint to. Just to see if this idea would work and then see what others thing of it.

Firstly I took my friend Elisabeth and began applying paint to her face, just with a paint brush and some random colors. Creating tracks of colors upon her face, just like a abstract piece of art.

Unfortunately between the two of us we have misplaced the digital footage of this day and its results. This to the left of the text is one of the one surviving pictures of this day. (I have one other photo as a hard copy in my studio space.) As you can see the piece is extremely textured and full of color  (This photo has been edited so you cannot see the full scale of the colors used, but you can get a general idea)

But this day worked so well - I felt generally excited and passionate about an idea! This hadn't happened in years. So I felt it was something I should follow.