Five Incredible Artists Using Eyelids as Their Canvases

Kevin Whipps Last updated: April 11, 2024 · 2 min read

When you think about amazing artists, your thoughts may wander to their canvas of choice: walls, murals, ceilings, or even possibly — shocker — actual canvases. But eyelids aren’t often a standard medium for most artists, and yet all it takes is a quick glance online to discover that there’s a whole world of talented people using makeup as a tool and faces as a surface. The results are pretty impressive.
With that in mind, we rounded up five of these amazing folks and put some of our favorite work of theirs on display below.

Tal Peleg

A photo posted by Tal Peleg (@tal_peleg) on Feb 27, 2016 at 8:06am PST

A photo posted by Tal Peleg (@tal_peleg) on Jan 13, 2016 at 10:44am PST

A photo posted by Tal Peleg (@tal_peleg) on Aug 6, 2015 at 10:25am PDT

iunasmakeup

A photo posted by Tatiana (@iunasmakeup) on May 4, 2015 at 7:53am PDT

A photo posted by Tatiana (@iunasmakeup) on Jan 28, 2015 at 5:41pm PST

A photo posted by Tatiana (@iunasmakeup) on Nov 27, 2014 at 9:26am PST

Sandra Holmbom

A photo posted by Sandra Holmbom (@stjima) on Sep 26, 2015 at 10:17am PDT

A photo posted by Sandra Holmbom (@stjima) on May 7, 2015 at 12:57pm PDT

A photo posted by Sandra Holmbom (@stjima) on Feb 24, 2015 at 5:08am PST

Ꮶiki Ꮇakeup

A photo posted by ⋆ Ꮶ i k i Ꮇ a k e u p ⋆ (@luciferismydad) on Mar 19, 2016 at 2:21pm PDT

A photo posted by ⋆ Ꮶ i k i Ꮇ a k e u p ⋆ (@luciferismydad) on Dec 13, 2015 at 8:55am PST

A photo posted by ⋆ Ꮶ i k i Ꮇ a k e u p ⋆ (@luciferismydad) on Jul 26, 2015 at 12:36pm PDT

Georgina Ryland

A photo posted by Georgina Ryland (@georginaryland) on Apr 1, 2016 at 8:08am PDT

A photo posted by Georgina Ryland (@georginaryland) on Mar 29, 2016 at 6:56am PDT

A photo posted by Georgina Ryland (@georginaryland) on Mar 7, 2016 at 6:01am PST

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Hi! My name is Kevin Whipps, and I'm a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When I'm not working taking pictures of old cars and trucks, I'm either writing articles for Creative Market or hawking stickers at Whipps Sticker Co.

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Five Incredible Artists Using Eyelids as Their Canvases