Pregnency art

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:31 am

Jelly Belly
Phoenix-based artist Mark Greenawalt
created this painting in front of a live audience as part of a
jellyfish-themed gallery exhibition in Phoenix. Gallerygoers munched on
jelly beans while a band played in the next room. Greenawalt charges
$50 per painting for about an hour’s work.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:31 am

Good Horoscope
This design by New York-based artist
Robyn Thompson incorporates the zodiac symbols of the mother, the
father and their baby. Belly-painting is growing more popular as a
baby-shower activity, Thompson says. The designs, done in FDA-approved
water-based paint, wash off when the mother showers.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:32 am

Diamondback Belly
This model requested a baseball
theme in honor of the baby boy she was carrying. “Painting the belly to
look like a ball works really well,” says Greenawalt. He painted this
design at his home as the father looked on, and snapped this photo at
home plate on a local baseball diamond.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:32 am

And Tigger, Too
This belly painting was the first
for Greenawalt, who has a day job as an electrical engineer. Greenawalt
often creates designs inspired by the baby’s bedroom decor.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:33 am

Ring of Fire
This design by Thompson, a variation
on an Arabic protection symbol, was inspired by a necklace belonging to
the mom-to-be. “Protection symbols are common motifs for anything
involving pregnancy or babies,” Thompson says, adding that the flames
symbolize strength, protection and purification.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:33 am

Just Keep Swimming
These best friends wanted to get
coordinating designs. “We went through all kinds of things that come in
threes,” says Greenawalt. After rejecting building blocks and the
Disney ducks Huey, Dewey and Louie, they settled on aquatic cartoon
characters.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:33 am

Round Two
During her second pregnancy, the mother
whose belly was decorated with Nemo in the previous slide came back for
more. “She just had a blast the first time we did it,” says Greenawalt.
“She was talking to the little boy about his little sister who was
coming.”[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:34 am

Beach Babe
For this mother-to-be, Thompson created
a design based on cowrie shells. “They’re goddess symbols and fertility
symbols,” she says. Coming up with the design is a collaborative
process based on e-mails and phone calls with her clients, Thompson
says. Her one-of-a-kind paintings start at $200.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:34 am

Coming Attractions
Greenawalt painted this design
at the expectant mom’s home while her three young children looked on.
Because stencils are impractical on bulging bellies, he works freehand.
Pregnancy is “a pretty special time in the woman’s life,” says
Greenawalt, a father of two. “I like being part of it.”[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:35 am

Rock ‘n’ Roll Baby
Greenawalt painted two different
designs on this model. One was a carousel pony in pastel pinks and
purples. The other, above, was inspired by the cover of rock group
Alice Cooper’s 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. “Every other one is
kind of a sweet, cute, happy time, and that was more of a shock value,”
says Greenawalt. “She was totally into it.”[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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