By the time I got to Kary Bartmaster (CPA, Meditation Guru, Headstand Master, closet Artist and all around great guy) I had done about 10 faces and had a pretty good handle on the materials and everything else that went into getting the job done. None of that seemed to matter though, on that first day. I was really nervous. It was as if I was doing this for the first time. For some reason, when I lined up faces with people I knew, I didn’t have a worry in the world, but doing the face of a virtual stranger (I had only met Kary briefly once at one of my art openings and talked to him for all of 30 seconds) I had all of these concerns about whether or not it would go right and how awful it would be if it went wrong. When we were getting started I realized I had forgotten straws and paint brushes. Keep in mind, no straws and the person has nothing to breath out of. No brushes and I have no way of getting the material spread out once it is on the face. Missing those key tools only compounded that nervous sensation. I sent my assistant, Erin, on a brush run and we scrounged some straws together from an old soda cup from a fast food restaurant. In all candor, this was a low moment, but the minute I had everything together and Kary laid down on that table, all the nervousness was gone and it was time to work.
