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www.paintloon.com
What is Paintloon?
Paintloon is a creative idea of fine artist and body painter Bella Volen (Bulgaria, living in Austria). In 2009 Bella was invited to take part in a balloon art and body painting festival in Shanghai- China, where she also won the first prize award. There she sow and understood the visual potential of balloon twisting. Very short after her trip she came up with the idea of combining painting on canvas with painted balloons and body painting. In Shangai she met the and balloon artist and designer Guido Verhoef (The Netherlands). Together they created paintloon on human bodies, but also decors and paintloon sculptures.
Paintloon is painting on a balloon. It is a combination of fine art, body painting and balloon sculpting. With latex modelling balloons details, objects, accessories or even complete costumes are made which creates an extension for the body paint or fine artist to paint on, allowing the ability to merge the body or composition fully with any additional parts into one design. |
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The North Wind
Photo: Bella Volen
Model: Shlomit
Vienna, Austria 2009 |
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Tribal Roots
Photo: Bella Volen
Model: Kirsten
Belgium 2010
Part of our Paintloon workshop at The Millennium Jam ( art convention) |
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Arte Corporal Festival
Caracas, Venezuela
Production for the Ministry of Culture Venezuela
14.- 17. October 2010 |
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Jossara
Photo: Bella Volen
Model: Jossara
Assistants: Humberto Zacarias, Oriely Brizuela, Javier Arevalo
Gala Opening of the Arte Corporal Festival in Teresa Carreño Theater (Teatro Teresa Carreño)
Caracas, 15. October 2010 |
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Arte Corporal Festival
Final evening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, 17. October 2010
The following project was created with the help of our students in the Fine Art University and in the Fine Art Museum
photos:Bella Volen
Deep Ocean |
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Watermelon
Photo 1: Tompho & Bella Volen
Photo 2: Jon Rees
Model: Corinna
Seeboden, Austria 2010 |
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The Light Bug
Photo: Tompho & Bella Volen
Model: Shlomit
Seeboden, Austria 2010
This dress flew away with the Balloon |
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The Nomad
Photo: Tompho & Bella Volen
Model: Christina
Seeboden, Austria 2010 |
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Jazz
Photo 1: Tompho & Bella Volen
Photo 2: Boris Hilling
Photo 3: Tompho
Model: Stefanie
Seeboden, Austria 2010 |
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The China Bride
Photo 1: Tompho & Bella Volen
Photo 2, 3: Tompho
Model: Biggi
Seeboden, Austria 2010 |
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After the fashion show.
We would like to thank all of the great models: Christina, Stefanie, Biggi, Shlomit, Corinna and the amazing people who helped us to make this all true: Karala, Gary, Lena, Eva, Sylvia, Shlomit, Biggi, Fredi, Tompho, Anna & Anna, Peter und Petra Tronser
Seeboden, Austria 2010
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Connecting
Photo: Ragne Sigmond
Model: Shlomit
Made for our paintloon workshop
World Body Painting Academy
Seeboden, Austria 2010 |
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Caught by Color
Photo: Bella Volen
Model: Anja
Vienna, Austria 2010
This art work was made for the Balloon company Sempertex, Colombia |
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Religion
Photo: Bella Volen
Model: Karala
Las Vegas, USA 2010 |
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