About Us

Hi there, I'm Paris Thomson, the Founder and Creative Director of Mariposa Face Painting. I'm a Melbourne (Naarm) based artist and have been practising body and face painting for almost 5 years.

I started this company wanting to bring joy and light to parties and events across Melbourne doing something creative, that I am passionate in.

Throughout my career I have painted for a range of events, including:

Birthday parties
Christmas events
Easter parties
Halloween events
Baptisms and Christening parties
End of year school events
School or town fetes and festivals
Store openings
Weddings
Wedding 'recovery' parties
Engagement parties
Themed events at night clubs
End of season team break ups
Pride events
Community/Council public events

As well as corporate events for companies including:

Collingwood AFL
Western Bulldogs AFL
Melbourne Stars T20 Big Bash
McDonalds - McHappy Day
Xero (software)
Melbourne United NBL
Linfox (logistics)