Art faces

Evelyn Affleck grew up surrounded by fine art. Now, as a body art makeup artist, she uses the face as a canvas for abstract painting experiments.

Anime head- angles

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In a comment on one of my recent posts, someone used the phrase “art for profit” in an attempt to be negative. But rather than an insult, that’s a dream! I feel so incredibly lucky that my “work” is something I absolutely love—painting the fascinating, endless variety of human faces. And how great is it that something I love to create happens to be something that others value, too. As long as I can continue to elicit reactions like the one to this portrait—“omg, I freaking LOVE it!”—I’m…

Oil and acrylic painting of a mans face blurred out with colors

In 2021, I got into studio maternity photography quite by accident. During the pandemic, I decided to really invest some time into making my dream of being a newborn photographer come true. I was looking at this as a part-time hobby, as something I was passionate about.