Paul Roustan - Body Painting Artist and Photographer

Los Angeles-based body painter, Paul Roustan, is internationally recognized for his mastery in body painting art and photography.

Paul is the winner of the North American Bodypaint Championships and is recognized as one of the world’s leading bodypainters. His style combines traditional fine art, pop culture, and reflections of the contemporary world to create conceptually-based bodypainting.

Paul is an alum of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design, Roustan’s career spans both the fine art and commercial worlds.

His work has appeared on media including, Spike TV, The Game Show Network, Sabado Gigante, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Post, GQ, Playboy, Maxim, and galleries along the East and West coasts. His work has been acquired in over 200 private collections.

Paul and I have been following each others' art for many years now. It was a pleasure to talk at length about the hustle and evolution of being professional artists. We started out our conversation recapping the weird past year of pandemic life and then got into the business, creative, personal and spiritual aspects of making a living from art.