S V MITCHELL Artist

I remember when I was 18 seeing a friend’s new tattoo. Immediately I knew that this was the genre I wanted to work in. So 1987 I apprenticed as a tattoo artist. My mission as a tattoo artist, was to use my artistic skills to help clients express their inner visions on their skin, and mark their rites of passage in a time honored way. I owned and ran a tattoo studio for many years. In this time I met many fantastic people, who in turn enriched my life experiences; it was very fulfilling to share in this holistic, shamanic experience with them. Towards the late nineties there were new missions growing deep inside of me that I felt compelled to express. So in 1999 I stopped tattooing took a sabbatical and visited the USA and Canada. While in the USA, I spent time with the Navajo and Hopi tribes, and in Canada with the Huron [Mohawk/Mohican] people. I feel privileged to have been embraced by these people, some of whose traditions, craft skills and mystical healing arts I now incorporate into my art and my life today. We are all living in a Bardo, but we do not realize IT ! ~ S.V.Mitchell