Ancient.

@ long last!

one of my favorite pieces to date.  had a lot of fun doing this piece on one of my favorite clients — we get a lot of laughing done in between the needles & pain!

lol.

GETTiN’ RECKLESS

Diamonds / Broken Bottles / Brass Knuckles / Shattered Teef

Party Hardy, baby.

-best of luck-

we are finished with this lucky piece!

this is an extremely fitting post for today (Friday the 13th) since koi are known for meaning good luck, good tidings, and good health.  it’s a very lucky symbol to wear on yourself/have tattooed.

this piece happens to be on a long-time client of mine that is recently engaged, CONGRATULATIONS & BEST of LUCK to ya mate!!!

Great Pyramids

Here’s a place I really wanna see before it’s too late.  With these pyramids being such amazing artifacts of human history & the fact that they’re slowly eroding + disintegrating from time environment, pollution, the clock is seriously ticking on these babies!

A trip here is on my Bucket List.

one more to go…

havin’ a great time doin’ this sweet traditional asian koi 1/2 sleeve on a great client of mine.

but alas, like all good things, this is about to come to an end.

just one more of session of color and this badboy is gonna be ready to hit the streets!

the whole shebanG

>POW<

ta-doW

how ya like me now?

Sugar Plums? Sugar SkuLLS!!!

forget visions of sugar plum fairies – they don’t have anything on this lovely Sugar Skull Lady i started:

i think most of us would agree that we’d rather have her dancing around in our head

Bon Voyage!!!

alright, it’s time to make a big announcement…

after several successful years in AZ, i’ve decided to move my art over to CA.  we’ve had some great times together, Arizona… but it’s time for me to keep it moving.  i don’t want anyone left out, so if there are any pieces still floating around AZ that haven’t been completed yet, contact me now.  we have about 3.5 months to get ‘er done before i’m up and outta here.

and for all those people who’ve been waiting to get something by me, here’s your chance!  mention this Bon Voyage Sale and make it easier than ever to get a lasting work of art.

-Grandma-

paying homage to Grams:

[Family is a gift of god,
With this song I’d like to pay harness
To one of it’s members
Over the years her importance has been diminished
Her image tarnished, but to me she’ll always be a rare jewel
I’ve heard her called by many loving nicknames
Nana, Mimi, Mamaw, Big Mama, Poppi
But unlike millions of others, I simply call her Grandma]

-Gladys Knight

across the universe…

we did some fixing to this piece to begin with.

now we’re doing some [freehand] addition to it.

color my world.