World Tattoo Convention

We will be broadcasting from the tattoo studio live via web-cam all this week, if you want to join in, check out www.worldtattooconvention.com, there's also an interactive chat feature, so you will be able to see and hear me and other artists from around the world as we work.
This is a new concept i don't believe its been done before, so join in and help to make it a successful one.
its on from the 16th to the 20th of December, 24 Hours a day. We will be broadcasting sporadically throughout the day and evenings (central Canada time zone).

Alex Adams Interview on Tattoos.com

Alex did an interview with tattoos.com, to see the whole article click here.

Tattoo by Alex Adams, 2009

New Painting From Alex Adams

"The Blood Countess, Erzsébet Báthory 1560 - 1614"
2009 Alex Adams
Oil on Canvas
20 x 16 Inches

Legends, Heroes, Myths and Such

Legend, Heroes, Myths and Such is the name of the next show coming up at the Graffiti Gallery here in Winnipeg on November 10th, 2009.
Alex and I will both have a new painting in this show, (I did the phoenix on the poster).
Hope you can make it out to this show, follow this link for the details.... Click Here.

Todays Free Press

Check out this great article in today's Winnipeg Free Press, where the writer refers to her tattoo experience with Alex at our tattoo studio..... Click here to read the article.

Bloodline

Come down to our gallery for the release of my latest linoleum block print "Bloodline".
These prints are each done by hand, using different inks and paper, making each of these prints a unique original work of art.
The best ones were selected out of many printed and were given my personal signature of approval.
This is your chance to see the entire collection together.
The prints will go on sale beginning at the event, no pre-orders or online sales will be available until after the event so come out and get the first choice of which one you want.
The prints are $50. each and you can take it home that night.
One Night only! Saturday, October 10th, 2009, from 7:00pm to 11:00pm
At: Skull & Bones Gallery, Unit 2 - 1767 Portage Ave. (2nd Floor), Winnipeg, MB., Canada

Skull and Bones Gallery on Facebook

Hey everyone we started a Facebook group for our gallery "Skull and Bones Gallery", I hope you will join. We will use Facebook's events feature to announce and send out invitations for shows.

Here is the link....
http://www.facebook.com/kurtwiscombe#/group.php?gid=103320461488&ref=mf

Thank you

New Breed, NYC

If your in the New York area in August, come out and see some of my latest paintings at Last Rites Gallery. Web Site

Art Fusion Toronto 2009

Check out the video of the art fusion experiment in Toronto this June, it took Place at the Berkley Cathedral.
The artists were Paul Booth, Hailin Fu, Joe Hegarty, Glen Paradis, Alex Adams, and myself.

Skull X Bones Gallery Opening

Thank you to everyone who came out to our grand opening of our new gallery "Skull and Bones Gallery" here in Winnipeg!
If you would like to be invited to future shows at our gallery or would like to come by and see it at another time please send me an e-mail at wiscombe@mts.net
Check out what Damian McGrath had to say about our gallery... www.tattoos.com

Horesmen

Hey everyone, this Tuesday check out the movie "Horsemen", staring Dennis Quaid and directed by Jonas Åkerlund. If you watch closely you may see a scene in it which shows a few of my paintings! It is being released this Tuesday on DVD, so check it out!

Toronto 2009

I just got back from Toronto where I attended the Northern Ink Xposure tattoo convention once again. I had a great time and was very busy all weekend tattooing and visiting with old friends.
Alex and I actually arrived in Toronto on Tuesday, a few days before the convention so that we could participate in an art fusion event at the Berkley Cathedral.
Lets back up a couple of weeks first....
At the beginning of May, Alex and I received two plaster skulls in the mail, these were sent out to about 45 artists each of which were asked to decorate the skull however they saw fit. The skulls would later be put on display and up for auction to support a Toronto children's arts program.
So back to the event now... the skulls that everybody made were put on display at this old cathedral and Alex and I along with Paul Booth, Glen Paradis, Hailin Fu and Joe Hegarty, did a big acrylic painting in front of what was a party for music industry folks kicking off the North By Northeast music festival which was on in Toronto at the same time we were there.
Later the skulls were put on display for the duration of the tattoo convention in the lobby of the Hilton hotel. The skulls all sold in an exciting auction situation with people shouting out bids at the last minute.
The Toronto convention is always fun, if you can, I recommend you check it out sometime, it's every June.
Here are a few photos....

The skulls on display on the cathedral

Paul Booth with his "Death Prawn"

A Few other skulls

The Finished painting
Alex's skull

My skull
Alex and Jovanka and the Rue Morgue office and Funeral home

Adventures in Switzerland and Evian

Well, last month I went on yet another trip to Switzerland to visit my old friends the Leu family.
This time however, I made a stop along the way in Evian, France to attend the tattoo convention there.
The convention was really fun and busy, I enjoyed this one alot. There were a few familiar faces to me there but for the most part I had the pleasure of making alot of new acquaintances at this one.
I did a couple of skull tattoos and worked on this sleeve that I had started in Milano a few months previous.
Evian was a nice place, very picturesque, I wanted to go and drink water from the source of Evian water but it was closed, oh well maybe next time.
After the convention I took a boat across lake Geneva to Lausanne, Switzerland, where I found some of the folks from the convention hanging out at The Leu Family's Family Iron tattoo shop. It was a great end to the tattoo convention weekend.
Thank you to Dats, who organized the tattoo convention for being a great host.
In the week that followed I went and stayed with Filip, Titine and Loretta in there cool funky old house in Swiss farm country where we wrote and recorded music most of the rest of the week.
It was a great relaxing and creative time.
Oh, did I mention I helped them move 7 tonnes of wood. hahaha
At the end of the week Filip and I went into Lausanne once again to work on a collaborative backpiece. Jesse Tseronis (aka Jesse Winchester) flew in from his home in Winchester, Virginia to have Filip and I start his back together.
Considering that it was a rather large cover up, Filip and I discussed various ideas of what to do and in the end we decided to do a giant dragon claw clutching a black pearl with a skull and snakes within the pearl surrounded by swirling water on his butt and lightning coming off of the pearl.
It all went well and we were able to complete the black work for the piece in about 5 hours.
We will both work on it individually to complete it or perhaps get together again on it sometime, who knows?
To cap things off, the next day before my flight home, Filip finished the tattoo on my leg that he's been working on, it's an abstract piece taken from one of his paintings. I will post pictures of the tattoo in a later post when its all settled in and I can get good pictures of it.
Anyway that was my trip, here are some pictures...

Beijing 2008

Last week I was in Beijing, China. I went there for a tattoo convention organized by the China Association of Tattoo Artists. I had a great time meeting alot of new people and seeing some incredible tattoo work at the convention. There are some amazing tattoo artists in China! It was my first time in China and together with a small group from North America, we took in some of the sites, and experienced as much of Beijing culture as we could, we had alot of fun times and alot of laughs.
Thank you to Kisen Wang for inviting us all to come to China and for being such a great host.
Here are a few pictures from the trip....

Damian Mcgrath and Me in the Beijing airport

Paul Booth, Damian and Me posing for pictures for tourists at the Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven John "the Dutchman", John from Inksight, Paul, Damian, Me, Bob Tyrrell, Glen Paradis, and some of our friends who were showing us around.

Tattooing at the convention

A couple of tattoos I did

I shared a booth with Peel from Alberta, here he is hard at work, you can see Dan allaston working behind him.

Collaborative painting done at the convention by John "The Dutchman" and a great Chinese tattoo artist named Bill Du.

The Forbidden City
Dan, Glen, and Bob in the Forbidden City
Bob and Me in the back of a rickshaw

The Great Wall of China

Just a couple of the amazing sculptures we saw, Beijing has one of the most brilliant and cutting edge art scenes I have ever seen!
Damian and Me with Tian Taiquan, who does some very powerful and moving artwork. Damian and I later modeled for him at his studio for a future art project.
Damian and Melanie Lum in front of one of the galleries in the 798 Art area of Beijing.

New Painting from Alex Adams

Alex's newest painting.
"Untitled"
Alex Adams 2007
9 x 12"
Oil on Canvas in Wood Frame

See more of her paintings on her MySpace page Click Here
Dont forget to add her to your friends list to recieve updates on more new paintings, prints, art shows etc...

Toronto Tattoo Convention #10 and Art for the Human Canvas

I will be attending the tenth annual Northern Ink Xposure tattoo convention in Toronto on June 13th to 15th 2008 at the Downtown Toronto Hilton. Go to www.tattoos.com for more information on this event.
In addition to the tattoo convention, Alex and I will be showing some of our original paintings in the "Art for the Human Canvas" show at The Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA), Opening Reception: June 12th, 8pm.
Alex and I will also participate in the Art Fusion Experiment, which is something we really enjoy being a part of whenever we get the opportunity.
Come out and see us at any of these events, we hope to see you there.

New T-Shirt

Now on ebay

Hey!!
If your looking for a great gift idea, why not get some Death Art for the ones you love, check out my art print section on my profile on MySpace or you can now find my "Proxima Centauri 3-D" Lithograph on ebay, here's the link... click here

Here's the description...

See Death Art come to life with this special 3-D version of my ink painting "Proxima Centauri". 3-D glasses included, each print comes personally signed by me.

Print Size-11x17 inches
Print type- Off Set Lithograph on Poster Paper

EACH PRINT COMES WITH ONE PAIR OF SPECIAL 3-D GLASSES

Tattoo Arte Magazine

Check out the latest issue of Tattoo Arte Magazine from Spain for another new article about Me.
Heres the web site... Click Here

Tattoo Extreme Magazine, Taiwan

Check out the November issue of the Taiwanese magazine "Tattoo Extreme" for a feature article on yours truly.
Get it in Taiwan wherever they sell tattoo magazines .
Heres the web site... Click here .

**Now Showing**

View two new paintings from Kurt and Alex at this years Halloween art show at Mercury Tattoo Studio and Gallery in Glenside PA. The opening is on Sunday, October 28th from 4pm to 9pm. The art will hang until november 30th, so if you are going to be in the area, check out this show.


**Also showing this month** Kurt has done a back piece tattoo painting for the art show "Backs to the Future" and art show featuring backpiece tattoo paintings by various tattoo artists. This show will be hanging until the end of November at Rising Sun Tattoo, 1835 Albert st. Regina, Saskatchewan,

Tattoo Energy (Canadian Edition)

Check out the latest issue of Tattoo Energy (Canadian Edition) for an article featuring Kurt and Alex's work and an interview with Kurt.
The issue is Tattoo Energy (Canadian Edition no. 5) Oct., Nov. 2007
**On the stands now**

Hungarian Tattoo Magazin

Check out the latest issue of Tattoo Magazin (from Hungary), for an article about Kurt.
It's in the October issue which just came out, get it if you can.

Drawing Attention

Alex and Kurt will have three peices of art each in this show coming up at the Graffiti Gallery in Winnipeg.
Try to make it out to the opening if you can...
October 11th 8:00pm to 12:00am
109 Higgins Ave. Winnipeg, Canada

Two New Paintings

"Severis Rex"
Kurt Wiscombe 2007
41 x 13.5 cm
Watercolor and Ink on Paper

"Masquerade"
Kurt Wiscombe 2007
53 x 25.5 cm
Watercolor and Ink on Paper on Board

Skull And Bones Gallery on MySpace

Skull And Bones Gallery on MySpace.
Skull And Bones Gallery is the name of an online art site which will feature the paintings of Alex Adams and myself, the site is currently under construction and should be up and running soon.
Among other things we are planning to have an online store where you will be able to buy our Limited Edition Art Prints and from time to time original works, online.
For now we have started to build this MySpace page to accompany the site and to help spread the word.
So, if you have a moment, please add Skull and Bones Gallery to your friends list and keep checking back as we will be adding alot of new stuff in the weeks to come.
Thank You.
KW
Click Here to see the profile

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Tattoo Artist Magazine #9

Check out the latest issue of "Tattoo Artist Magazine" for an article featuring my tattoo work and paintings as well as an interview between Kore Flatmo and yours truly.

You can order it online at tattooartistmagazine.com

Click here for an online preview

Cover art by Sabine Gaffron

Fudomyoo II

I have made a painting which will appear in this upcoming art show.
Each Artist in the show did their interpretation of fudomyoo.
If you will be near Stuttgart, Germany in July try to see this show.

The opening reception will be on July 22nd, 2007 at 2:00pm until 6:00pm
At
Checker Demon Tattoos
Alarich Strasse 21
70469 Stuttgart
Germany

Toronto Tattoo Convention 2007

Alex and I will be at the ninth annual Northern Ink Xposure tattoo convention in Toronto, June 15th-17th, 2007, at the Holiday Inn on King St.

Come out and see us, I will be tattooing there as well we will be selling some of our new art prints including my recent 3-D Print of my painting "Proxima Centauri".

In addition, this year we will be sharing our booth with Tommy Lee from Taiwan, he does some awesome work which you can see at his web site, click here. This will be Tommy's first visit to Canada so come out and see him.

For more information on N.I.X. visit tattoos.com

We hope to see you all in Toronto.

Second T.V. appearance

In February Alex and I made an appearance on the French CBC show ZigZag.
The first of two segments, that one focused mainly on the tattooing aspect of our art. In this segment they will focus on our paintings and everything around that side of our art.
It will air on Monday, March 19th at 6:30 pm (central canada time) on CBC (The French channel), after the news.
If you live outside of Western Canada or you miss the show, you can watch it online after the air date on the ZigZag web site, click here. Scroll down to watch the first segment which is posted there now (click where it says "Regardez").

Alex Adams on MySpace

Alex has joined MySpace, click here to see her page, if you are on MySpace add her to your friends list.

T.V. appearance on CBC

Alex and I will appear on the French CBC show "ZigZag" on Monday, February 5th at 6:30 pm, central Canada time.
There will be an interview and shots of us working, both painting and tattooing.
If you live in western Canada be sure to check it out.
If you miss it or live outside of western Canada, you can view it online at ZigZag's web site, click here.
Look in the archives under tatouage (click "regardez" to see the clip).
The show is in French but we will be speaking in English with French subtitles so everyone can watch.

Details: ZigZag, CBC (the French channel), Monday, Feb., 5th, 6:30 pm central Canadian time (after the news).

KW goes 3-D

I am happy to announce the release of my latest print.
This one is something very special because its coming at you in 3-D!! That's right, see death art come to life with this special 3-D version of my ink painting "Proxima Centauri".
3-D glasses included, each print comes personally signed by me.
$20. each plus postage and packaging.
Contact me for ordering info., or drop by our studio to pick up your copy today (call 204 889 3943 for hours).

Details: "Proxima Centauri (3-D)"
By: Kurt Wiscombe 2006
11x17 inches
Lithograph on poster paper
Signed open edition
*Special 3-D glasses included with print*

Happy new year 2007!!

Well it's now 2007 and Alex and I would like to thank all the cool people who got tattooed or supported our art in 2006!!
We will have alot of new prints and other things in 2007 so keep checking in.
Happy new year!!

"Chaos"
Kurt Wiscombe 2006
Watercolor, ink and white on paper in metal frame
10x16 cm (including frame)

New T-Shirt

**Just in time for the holidays, we have a new shop T-Shirt**
Our new shirt features the painting "Puncture wound" (pictured above), by yours truly.
These will be available starting this Thursday at our studio, so drop by and grab one, they make a great gift!

Tattoos for the individual
1-1767 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg

Tattoo Tribal

The Japanese magazine "Tattoo Tribal", has a two page feature on yours truly in the latest issue (December, 2006 issue), on the stands now in Japan or wherever they sell Japanese magazines, pick it up if you can.

Arcanum

I will have two small paintings in the upcoming art show "Arcanum" in New York City.
This is a group show with some amazing artists involved, anyone who can make it should go and check it out.
Click here to see some of the works which will appear in this show.

"Mirror"
Kurt Wiscombe 2006
9x15 cm
Watercolor, ink and white in frame
See this one at the show.

Jason Berezuk

I'm sad to say that an old friend of ours, Jason Berezuk has passed away. He was someone who Alex and I became very good friends with in the 1990's and we spent alot of time together back then. He was a special person and will always have a special place in our hearts. We will miss him.


Jason was a brilliant body piercer and suspension artist, he also wore the first full back tattoo I ever did, here you can see it (above).

Here is an old shot of Jason and I with Lemmy from Motörhead.

Home from Toronto

Toronto was lots of fun, it was great to meet lots of new and interesting people and see some old friends.
One of the best parts was doing an "Art fusion" performance with Bob Tyrrell and Paul Booth.
Thank you to Rue morgue magazine for making this happen.

Here are some pictures....
Above: Bob, Myself and Paul doing art fusion. Below are the three charcoals that we produced, they will be auctioned off on e-bay and the proceeds will be donated to charity.

Left to right: Paul Booth, Bob Tyrrell, KW

Linda Blair and KW (above)

Here I am with Walter phelan who played one of my favorite characters Dr. Satan in Rob Zombies House of 1000 corpses.

For more pictures go to tattoos.com


(Top photo is of course me with one of my childhood heroes Alice Cooper!!)

Festival of fear

I will be attending the "Festival of fear" horror festival in Toronto on September 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
On Friday, September 1st, there will be an Artfusion event in which Bob Tyrrell, Paul Booth and myself will create some collaborative artwork at the festival.
This promises to be a great time for all who are into horror movies and the horror genre, try to make it down to the Metro Toronto convention center to see this if you can.
This event is hosted by Rue morgue magazine, for more info on this go to the Rue morgue web site.

Hope to see you there!

Toronto

Just got back from Toronto a few days ago.
Thanks to everyone who attended the Darkness accends/Sideshow art show at MOCCA it was a great turn out.
I had a great time hanging out with everyone at the tattoo convention (N.I.X.) as well nice to see you all.
The best thing of all was when Alex flew out on Saturday to surprise me at the art show, I had no idea and it was the best thing that could have happened!
Here's some photos from the trip...

From left to right: Bill Funk, Dan Allaston, Me, Mike Austin, Sailor Jerry Swallow

Me and The Pizz

Psycho Dave and Alex

Jovanka and Bob Tyrrell

Joe Coleman, Me, And Carlo from New york

My artwork at MOCCA

The Darkness accends/Sideshow will be up at the Museum of contemporary Canadian art until August 13Th, if your in Toronto try to check it out.

Blotter art

I am happy to announce the release of my new blotter art prints...

These are 23x23.5 cm, lithographs on archival blotter paper.
Limited edition of 125, each one signed and numbered.



If you would like to obtain a set or just one, contact me through our website and I will send you the ordering info.

These will also be available at www.blotterart.com .

A special thank you to Jon Blackburn at blotterart.com for making this happen.

I will have some of these with me in Toronto next week as well.
I will be at the "Midnight Mass" on June 17th at the Museum of contemporary Canadian art (see previous post).
Hope to see you some of you there.

Darkness ascends/ Sideshow

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art presents:

June 9 to August 13, 2006.

Darkness Ascends

Henry B. Benvenuti
Peter Beste
Paul Booth
Robert Boyd
Shary Boyle
Mat Brown
Joe Coleman
Andrea Cooper
François Escalmel
André Ethier
Janieta Eyre
FameFame
Neil Farber
Anthony Goicolea
Sherri Hay
Jay Isaac
Brad Phillips
Ixone Sadaba
Carlos and Jason Sanchez
John Scott
Seth Scriver
Fiona Smyth
Richard Stipl
sunn o)))
Scott Treleaven

Publication text by Carlo McCormick Curator: David Liss

In general terms the exhibition Darkness Ascends is intended to consider dark aspects of the human psyche that seem to be embedded in our consciousness; troubling, disturbing, and evil, perhaps, yet integral to the identity of our species, of who we are. Often said to be in full eclipse at the turn of each century, there are many historical examples of artistic and vernacular expressions that have been inspired by demons personal and external, by dark forces perceived or imagined, or by actual threats to the self or to humanity. What precisely determines the persistent presence of such forces will never be certain although it may be a way to reconcile ourselves with a universe vast with potential and wonder yet seemingly characterized by banal routine, abjection and unspeakable cruelty. Indeed, darkness or evil may be regarded as elements necessary to our existence. Specifically, however, Darkness Ascends is intended to explore the internal and exterior conditions, the tensions and anxieties particular to our current era, adrift as we are in the shadowy twilight of failed Modernist and Western dreams.


SIDESHOW

Bob Tyrrell
The Pizz
Kurt Wiscombe

The exhibition Sideshow takes place in MOCCA’s media lounge and is intended as a thematic compliment to Darkness Ascends. This exhibition features artworks by three internationally renowned artists whose practices range from tattoo and illustration to more traditional fine art media. If life is a circus, these cats are the freaks!


All exhibitions and activities at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art are supported by Toronto Culture, the Ontario Arts Council, BMO Financial Group, individual memberships and private donations. Darkness Ascends is also supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. Sideshow is also supported by tattoos.com, Rue Morgue House of Horror and the Bovine Sex Club.

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
952 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
M6J 1G8
Info: 416-395-0067

www.mocca.toronto.on.ca
Admission: pay what you can

New York City

Alex and I had a great time recently visiting our friends at Last Rites tattoo in New York.
Here are a few photos from our trip...

This is Alex and Sarah at the Metropolitan museum of art...

Some work in progress...

From left to right... Liorcifer, Sarah, Jack from Wyoming, Paul Booth, Alex Adams, 4:30, Chap, and Dennis...

Here's Sarah standing in front of Jackson Pollock's "Autumn rythm" painting...

Lior and I did two collaborative pastels, here's one...

Here's the other...

...Some Tattoos I did...

Alex, Jack from Wyoming and Me...

Here's a tattoo I did on Needles...

Check out www.darkimages.com

Proxima Centauri

Here is my latest painting....

"Proxima Centauri"
2006
34x23.5 cm
Ink on paper in antique frame

You can see this as well as some other new works in our web site which we are updating regularly so keep checking back.

www.tattooartwinnipeg.com

Fine art prints by Alex Adams

"Ophelia"
Alex Adams 2005
35x54 cm
Giclée on paper
Copyright 2005 Alex Adams

"Untitled"
Alex Adams 2006
35x54 cm
Giclée on paper
Copyright 2006 Alex Adams

Here are the latest prints from Alex adams.
The original art was done in graphite, charcoal and ink on paper and we are pleased to now be able to offer these works of art as giclée prints.
These prints are of exceptional quality and very true to the original artwork.
They are printed on archival (Arches) acid free paper and are the same size as the original artwork (35x54 cm).
Each print is inspected personally and signed by Alex.

For information on how to obtain one of these prints please contact us through our web site.

Happy new year

Well another year is now almost over.
2005 was a fun and very busy year, Alex and I did alot of the art projects we wanted to do and completed some big tattoo projects that we've been working on.
Some of the years other highlights were...
- The Calgary tattoo convention, this was a great convention and I finally got to pay a visit to Smiling Buddha tattoo to say hello to Paul Jeffries.
- Alex and I became members of the National tattoo association in 2004 and this year we attended their convention in Miami.
- The rebuilding of our web site this year was something that we had been wanting to do for a long time and a big thank you to Micheal Wachs for making this happen.
- Alex and I oganized and participated in an art performance including other tattoo artists which took place at the N.I.X. convention in Toronto, special thanks to Damian Mcgrath for helping us with this and supporting us.
- I spent two weeks in Switzerland with the Leu family in July and had a great time visiting them. Filip started a new tattoo on my leg this trip.
- In 2005 we were featured in Tattoo life magazine, Gasoline (music magazine) as well as the latest issue of Tattoo and piercing magazine (on the stands now), also thank you to John Irving for mentioning us in his latest novel "Until i find you"
- The London tattoo convention and art fusion camp, what a great time that was, see my previous post about London in this blog.
- Running off to Vancouver to fill in two backs in four days (see previous post)

Then of course there are all the tattoos we worked on and I would like to thank all of our customers for another great year.

In the new year we plan to make more updates to our web site as well have some new prints and artwork for sale and who knows what else the new year will bring.
Thanks for checking in.

Happy new year!!

Twin palms

Ok heres a story...
These two guys who are identical twins asked me to do matching back tattoos for them.
The subject they asked for was a sort of beach scene with palm trees, these guys surf and spend alot of time in tropical sunny places around the world so this tattoo was an obvoius choice for them and suits them very well.
I have known these guys as customers for many years and so I felt comfortable with suggesting a twist on the project. The idea was to make two backs that match as a set but are each one unique and that when the two brothers come together the tattoos both make one scene.
Because the twins spend alot of time in the sun we chose to do the tattoo with a very minimalist aproach, using only black silhouette shapes for the palms and minimal shading for the background, this way they can tan thier tattoo without worrying so much about losing the image to fading or sun damage.
The twins live in Vancouver, B.C. and last winter they flew out to see me to have the outlines done. Shortly after that the twins had the idea that I should come out to Vancouver and work on them there, after a little bit of arm twisting I agreed.
My friend and kick ass tattoo artist Steve Moore offered me the use of his studio to do the work.
Steve is a very talented and cutting edge tattoo artist who recently opened his own studio and so I was excited to have the chance to work with him and be in his new environment.

Check out Steve's web site.

So, i went there for the week, I worked on the twins for four days straight, eight hours each day at a grueling non stop pace. It was tough and hard work but they did it and we completed both backpieces.
It was a fun project to work on and it was great hanging out with Steve and of course the twins, Troy and Rory.

Here are some shots of the work and us around the studio...

Keeping busy

Working on lots of new projects and finishing some pieces as well.
I've also made some new paintings.
Watch for new prints coming soon, I will announce it here when they are ready.
Tonight i'm heading off to Vancouver for a few days to work on these two backs.

Here's a recent sleeve I completed a week or two ago...

Home from London

Alex and I had great time in London!
It was nice to meet many people as well as visit with old friends.
The convention was really good and big, it was like three floors and they were all packed, it took place at the Old Truman brewery in the White chapel area of London.
A definate highlight was taking place in the art camp presented by Paul Booth and company and the Leu family. Alex and I have participated in "the artfusion experiment" many times in the past and this was the second art camp we have been in, the first one was in San Francisco in 2002. The idea of art camp is a group of artists get together to create collaborative paintings. It's always fun to work with others and the collaborative process produces artwork that could only be created this way, it is a truly unique thing.

Check out the artfusion experiment website for more on this.

Alex and I did alot of running around while we were in London and saw many great things.
One thing that we will always remember is our visit to Highgate cemetary in north London, it's always been a dream of Alex's and mine to visit this place and it was amazing.
















Thank you Miki Vialetto for putting on such a great show!

London tattoo convention

Alex and I are looking forward to the London tattoo convention which is coming up soon.
October 7 - 9, 2005 : The First International London Tattoo Convention
At the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, U.K.
Anyone who can should go and check this one out as it looks like its gona be a good one.
Here is the website London tattoo convention
Hope to see many of you there.