Trina Merry's video: Documentary Bodypainting at Nationals Parks 2020

Trina Merry Bodypaints at National Parks (2020). Using nothing but bodypaint and photography, she blended 13 masked and nearly nude people into locations in U.S. National Parks in 2020 including Reflection Lakes at Mt Rainier National Park, Hall of Mosses in the Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Forest, Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park, Artist Point, and Yellowstone Falls at Yellowstone, Biscuit Basin Thermal Pools at Yellowstone, Mormon Row, Snake River Overlook, Oxbow Bend and Schwabacher Landing at the Grand Tetons, Max Patch view of the Smoky Mountains, Red Rock Mountains, Aspen Birch Trees and Maroon Bells at White River Lake in Aspen. "2020 has been an interesting year. Humankind has been fragile- the very air we breathe could be dangerous, but then again, nature has also been incredibly fragile this year due to climate change. I had to cancel my pieces at Yosemite because of the intense wildfires and we couldn’t even see the mountain at Mt. Rainier because of the wildfire smoke and fog. During the lockdowns, people have spent more time outdoors and in nature. And the more that we encounter nature, the more we want to care for it," Merry said. Follow what I'm doing on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinamerryart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MerryBodypaintings/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/trinamerry LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinamerry/ Support the channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/trinamerry Hire me: https://www.trinamerry.com/body-painting-nyc/contact Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/TrinaMerry Recommended playlists: Nature Bodypaintings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2FYK_j79Y&list=PLsx34494KqAMYo3CLWzv34RWpLz1G3y58 Bob Ross Bodypaintings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wghU7xt6qGc&list=PLsx34494KqAPrQ0IIAISCpRBzKayu5vzq Body Painting at the Seven Wonders of the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI-TzM2R_14&list=PLsx34494KqAOvATMOsSvzvR0LVMikNKTL&index=1 Meet the Bodypaint Models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdgOnf3hFhU&list=PLsx34494KqAPoMcnL3T1V0Ks9kSoUSbgH Ask the Artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WAZPCF0S9s&list=PLsx34494KqAM8-e8qYZDtWqzqIhf3vHh4 New York City Camouflage Body Paint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaZn5C2ZfEQ&list=PLsx34494KqAMbDufGEXwzeCnGTBGqEnGz Objectified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dayg_1bY4hU&list=PLsx34494KqAP7VBm76kxOjisyXefkFktj About me: IT ALL STARTED… When NYC Bodypainter Trina Merry was struck by lightning in Hollywood, it altered the course of her life. Everything turned white and there was a loud buzzing sound as the lighting filled her car. The most incredible aching sensation shot through her bones. Suffering from continuous a painful ache in her bones whenever she was near power lines or any electrical wires, she escaped to the sheltering forest of Yosemite National Park hoping for a reprieve. She spent a year painting by a little stream where she made friends with the local deer. It was during this time that she had a few glasses of absinthe with Amanda Palmer (the Dresden Dolls, TED Talks). Palmer encouraged Trina to stand onstage and get body painted with the Dolls opening act- an Australian synesthesia art-rock band called “The Red Paintings”. While wearing a silver mask that shot laser beams out into the audience, she experienced complete strangers painting her body with brightly colored space toys. Something sparked: Art had a heartbeat. Art could be vulnerable. Art was… happening. Trina Merry has performed and exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, San Jose Museum of Art with Andy Goldsworthy, Attleboro Arts Museum, ESMoA, Museo De Bardini (Florence), Edward Hopper House, Red Dot Miami, Superfine! Art Fair, Satellite Art Show, WORKS San Jose & SOMArts alongside the Guerilla Girls. Her initial exhibition of "Lust of Currency" at the LES arts collective "Con Artist" sold out in only three days. She was a summer resident at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, apprentice to Skin Wars judge Craig Tracy and has a BFA in film.