A Professional Tattoo Man

#LeonardCohen seems appropriately dark & brooding yet some how hopeful for a Valentine’s Day https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRzuvglD8ZPVFZKHKuxPZu9gw2DoE_NrFOTa80/?igshid=137q2uw6fw2bn

#OscarWilde speaking for a Valentine’s Day. I am not generally one to post motivational quotes, maybe I just needed to. Happy Valentine’s Day y’all love each other love yourselves heal the things that tear us apart. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRrjFvFxpjSNXt9yeV3ydPnIrCX-iKo-pdCaE0/?igshid=xhay674l2ayo

I just realized it’s #mardigras #season!!! Being so far north in the frozen waste lands I neglected to mention it. In years past I have enjoyed #kingcake from @raosbakery in Beaumont TX. Joyeux Madrid Gras y’all https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNoC4QFP5WRMyBArsDqqVle0-EWaJ-bRI-QEc0/?igshid=8infgum0gp78

I got the chance to learn #gold #leaf #guilding from my brother @aka_beloved this weekend. He makes it look real effortless. As always the conversation was epic the music on point and the creative process inspirational. I am thankful for Bobby Love in my life after all these years (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFehFQF_Zc/?igshid=mxloeifbsqt6

Sweet & sour, smile now cry later, no cross no crown, kewpie heads from the mind of @aka_beloved thank you!! (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFdkcXJoGL/?igshid=58olvpblt18v

There is more cool stuff to look at & get yelled at for touching at the shop!! These sweet & sour kewpie cherub heads made by the talented hands of @aka_beloved. Don’t think that you can’t have some of this magic for yourself... you can. (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFdSYmpWAq/?igshid=h7vdehtcr1rv

Another #session on this #owl #backpiece thank you for looking (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuDqkkl33P/?igshid=ql3wjz1glzek

#a #rose #by #any #other #name #would #smell #as #sweet #first #pass #budget #fitter #welcome #to #the #club #kids #blackandgrey #blackandgray #tattoo #stop #me #from #hashtag #overdose #sorry #notsorry #barelylegal (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKsOypUFoh0/?igshid=47r2squxl9ma

#read #books #drink #coffee #listen to #Coltrane #readmorebooks #drinkmorecoffee #hastag #more #nonsense #socialmedia #is #stealing #your #will to #live #think #for #yourself #rail #against #the #dying #of the #light #thankyou #thanks #gracias for #looking (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKsNOgFlY2t/?igshid=hdjpv4813b80

I don’t post stuff like this very often. I started getting healthy last June. Everything in my life seemed out of control. My heart was aching, my mom had stepped on a rainbow, I couldn’t travel I couldn’t work, everything I had come to identify as seemed to be gone. So on a whim I decided that one thing I could control was what I took into my body, so began the journey. I was lost in grief and loneliness, my heart was broken. Seeing progress won’t mend my heart or bring my mom back but it helps keep me moving along. If you are wondering if you can do it? You can. I believe in you. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKk4f2SlRX39ojPT51DpUF-Ej5tVn65DYXG4_g0/?igshid=1f7vjeabzwol7

This is my average day this represents 1250 calories of super filling deliciousness. In June of 2020 i decided To do something with my down time. I opted to rebuild me from the ground up. Most through diet and some exercise I’ve gone from 340+lbs to 276 as of a couple days ago. I’m not to where I want to be yet but I’m getting there. Getting to know me again is nice. Anything is possible if you believe. #O2 #oxygen #fitness #fortyeight #tattooed https://www.instagram.com/p/CKk3tfulCZlXngH9PGJfgpSIDaCUKLvbN-eeRo0/?igshid=1djjpvkseeira

Good Saint Dymphna, great wonder-worker in every affliction of mind and body, I humbly implore your powerful intercession with Jesus through Mary, the Health of the Sick, in my present need… (mention intention here) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Saint Dymphna, martyr of purity, patroness of those who suffer with nervous and mental afflictions, beloved child of Jesus and Mary, pray to them for me and obtain my request. Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be… https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSyYP-FXjQlw1a0mj2eHUdsSHUq7O4sn_lv7Q0/?igshid=wa5wpjrb61ss

I got to do this #fun #reaper #gut #rocker #underboob #tattoo the other day. Thank you for sitting like a trooper (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPXyUKFIxi/?igshid=1rntl4ee2b4q2

@aka_beloved hooked up the pews! #handpainted #signpainter #signpainting #bight #bold #clean #fancy # (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9xz8cF-CN/?igshid=6d1mlktx9dc7

@aka_beloved is my brother. He was good enough to come help get the front of the shop squared away. #handpainted #signpainter #signpainting #clean #fancy #bright #bold #pinstripe (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9xjPuFuwm/?igshid=1wllg2mohumd0

Got talked into doing one more in 2020. Stoked it was a fun one. Thank you all for being out there asking me to do my thing. Let’s make 2021 a year full of adventures and awesome art projects! I love y’all seriously i do. (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJerLTbFBai/?igshid=6wqaww5jymoi

A little further along on jimmy’s dome. #butterflies #butterfly # (at All American Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKLSi3F5od/?igshid=uhrcsn4wub6c