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Nicole Palmquist (a.k.a. booleep) is a visual artist who works in many mediums: she does murals, she draws on paper, she paints people’s bodies and she is the studio manager at JSA Studios. She shares the roots of her fascination with anatomy (working with the REAL body parts of cadavers!) and describes the process of using other people’s bodies as a canvas in her body painting work. She also shares the magic of living in L.A., taking part in the art scene, getting to work with pioneers in comic art and TV and film including attending halloween parties with a crowd of film SFX people. She shares insights about her “fear of words” and perfectionist tendencies that slowed her down at points and emphasizes the importance of staying open to opportunities. 

“How would I describe my work? I like thinking that it simplifies the expression of human behaviour. I think just using the language of anatomy, it talks about human beings. I've always found meaning in the actual anatomical parts and how they work together and how similar those relationships are to real relationships. When people try to talk about religion, I'm like: ‘anatomy is my religion’. The concept of thinking of the human body and all the cells within it … who knows?“

(Illustration by Jason Shawn Alexander)

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 Here is an illustration she did of me ... me=honoured to be her subject:
 https://www.instagram.com/p/CNZDcZDJIVT

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