joined on 07/15/05
last updated 08/26/08
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about me
I have been a Face and Body Painter for almost 20 years. I started painting faces at renaissance festivals: dragons, fairies and Mardi Gras- styled masks.
Then, I started to paint bodies at pagan festivals, Mardi Gras in New Orleans and eventually at Fantasy Fest in Key West, Florida. I have painted in Jamaica at Hedonism II and in Hawaii at Firetribe Festival among other scenes. I love the pagan festivals and have attended many including: Starwood, Earth Drum Council, Rites of Spring, Freespirit, Celebrate the Spirit, Firedance, Spiritfire, Pagan Spirit Gathering, AutumnMeet, Winterstar, Firedance, Spiritfire, AHO! and more.
I love to dance and have been active in Dance New England, as a facilitator for Dance Freedom as well as a teacher at Dance Camp for years.
I love to sing, though my voice is just okay. I have been compiling pagan chants for a few years and love to sing with others at fire circles.
I have a beautiful, amazing and joyful 6-month-old son named Ethan. My partner, Rodger and I are overjoyed to have such an amazingly blissful being in our lives. He loves drums and dancing and has been to quite a few festivals already.
I also do batik and tie-dyes. I am recently getting into silk painting and love it. Rodger is a masterful tie-dye artist who works mostly on silk and does beautiful mandalas.
But... my real love (artistically) is body paint. I have done more and more full body (and torsoe) art in recent years, including a few art shows with "living canvases" in NY called "Rude and Bold Women".
I have a website with all kinds of info and pictures. Check it out at www.BodyArtByShara.com
Summer Around the Bend
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Life just keeps speeding along. I checked in with Tribe for the first time in months... realized how long its been since I posted here. I have been, alternately, in the groove of "Super Mama" and completely overwhelmed with my 4+ years of slee...
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Happy New Year! and Meet Joelle
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Time sure flies! Happy 2007! I am sitting here stealing a few moments while my newly 2-year-old son, Ethan, naps. I have my darling 10 week old daughter in my lap and she is content at the moment, but may demand more attention at any moment. S...
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New Arrivals & Departures
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Wow! Almost September. Time really seems to fly these days! Summers are so busy for us... Festivals and shows and travelling all the time... Went to Rites of Spring, Fires Rising, AHO!, Spiritfire, Grassroots and Phoenix Fire so far. Will als...
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Wedding Announcement
(blog entry)
We are pleased to announce the
Handfasting Ceremony and
Celebration of the Marriage of
Shara Meltzer and Rodger Osgood
on Sunday, ...
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Happy Spring!
(blog entry)
Well, it may not feel like spring by the temperatures... but life seems to take on this new rebirthing kinda energy. Watching several of my friends with their new babies... and Ethan coming out of a six-day nasty stomach flu, back to his energe...
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Life just keeps speeding along. I checked in with Tribe for the first time in months... realized how long its been since I posted here. I have been, alternately, in the groove of "Super Mama" and completely overwhelmed with my 4+ years of sleep deprivation and nursing two toddlers. I think longingly of the days when there were two adults (Rodger and I) to one child (Ethan). I am soooo happy and soooo proud of my children. I wouldn't give up a minute of the past few years, watching them...
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Time sure flies! Happy 2007! I am sitting here stealing a few moments while my newly 2-year-old son, Ethan, naps. I have my darling 10 week old daughter in my lap and she is content at the moment, but may demand more attention at any moment. So...Joelle was pretty much the stealth baby, but she is surely here to stay! She is cherubic and very sweet. She is just starting to be all kinds of fun: cooing and smiling, making eye contact, grabbing and gripping and starting to move her body a...
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Wow! Almost September. Time really seems to fly these days! Summers are so busy for us... Festivals and shows and travelling all the time... Went to Rites of Spring, Fires Rising, AHO!, Spiritfire, Grassroots and Phoenix Fire so far. Will also be at Forrest Dance (MA) and Sands Point Medieval Festival. Unfortunately, won't be able to attend Soul Fire Festival, which is sure to be amazing! Also will not be at DNE Dance Camp this summer or at Fantasy Fest in October as I usually am (thou...
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We are pleased to announce the
Handfasting Ceremony and
Celebration of the Marriage of
Shara Meltzer and Rodger Osgood
on Sunday, July 2, 2006 from 3-8pm
at Earth Drum Council's AHO! Gathering.
Please join us for AHO! From June 30-July 3:
A lovely retreat in the beautiful Taconic Mountains of upstate NY
The whole point of t...
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Well, it may not feel like spring by the temperatures... but life seems to take on this new rebirthing kinda energy. Watching several of my friends with their new babies... and Ethan coming out of a six-day nasty stomach flu, back to his energetic , happy self! Rodger and I are making plans for our wedding celebration this summer (July 2 at AHO!). I am looking at wedding garb (how surreal) and trying to deal with invitations and all that stuff. Also planning out our summer, which shows ...
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