My history with tattooing. It was in high school, around 1989, when I got my first professional tattoo by Kelly Miller in his second floor tattoo shop on Wells Ave. in Reno, NV. There were only 2 shops in town at that time. Not long after, I experimented with hand poked tattoos on myself as well as making my own tattoo “device” out of a pair of hair clippers. Having been raised around creative people I was already making art, but it was my involvement in skateboarding and the punk rock scene that influenced my interest in tattooing. But for the next decade, I would put thoughts of tattooing on hold while I traveled the country and pursued my lifelong interest in making art. By the early 2000’s I had acquired some actual tattoo equipment and my fascination with tattooing was rekindled. This combined with a decade of developing a personal artistic style led me to becoming a full time professional tattooer by the mid to late 2000’s. To this day, I am committed to a life spent creating.

My style of tattooing. When designing a tattoo, I take a folky-illustrative approach by simplifying the imagery. I then tattoo the design with traditional foundations and techniques: Black line work, shading, and a simple color palette. This is the style that attracted me to tattooing, it’s the way I learned to tattoo, and it’s the way I love to tattoo. Please take a look at the examples of my work below.

What I enjoy tattooing. I really enjoy tattooing animals, flowers, ships, skulls, folky landscapes, religious iconography, western themes, and the traditional classics. I also enjoy composing the elements of a tattoo as well as the composition of multiple tattoos on the body. Another thing that I love is the connection and conversation I have with my clients, that means a lot to me.

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