Thursday, March 31, 2011

Street Style



From one of the earliest street contest's. That's Theo Jak's car with him sitting in the drivers seat, so that makes it tattoo related also.


Monday, March 28, 2011

Some More Tattoos

Rose I did at Kadillac Tattoo in Manayunk, '98-'99
On English Robbie about 3-4 years ago.
Clipper from around '05.
Lion cover-up from about the same time.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

More Cards

Bill Salmon's card when he was at Ed Hardy's Realistic Studio.
Good Time Charlie's! A true gentleman of tattooing.
Ken Cameron's card when he worked at Smiling Budda.
Paul Jeffries card. Think this was while Ken was working there also cause the care instructions on the reverse side look identical.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Paintings

Did these about 5-6 years ago, tattooed this on my friend Fern.
Another panther.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Machine


Frame I designed. Put this and 2 other frames designs together with Scott Smith and Brian Ulrich (Living Arts Tattoo in New Hope).
Still got a couple of these frames, I'll get around to putting them together one of these days.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Painting & Tattoo

More recent stuff, Clipper ship done last year.
Indian Chick on Jeremy's neck. Couple years old.
Panther painting from '09.

Monday, March 21, 2011

More tattoos I've done

Filling in an odd space.
Lil Chris's chest done in'05
Hey Yo!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

More pics from the archives,in no order.

Ed " Big Daddy" Roth, my daughter Larissa and me. This was at the 49th annual Grand National Roadster show, held in the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
Getting my hand tattooed by Jack Rudy in Tuscon Az. after a tattoo convention in '96. One of my favorite tattoos I have,still looks great.
Tatttooed Sammytown of Fang, '03 I believe.

Friday, March 18, 2011

More Greg Irons

These tattoos are all on Sailor Cam.
These were done in the early 80's.
I took the photo's some time in the mid to late 90's when I bought a machine from him.
I'm sure they still look great.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Congress Street Tattoo, Portsmouth New Hampshire



Me and Annette did a guest spot here in the fall. The shop is awesome. Thanks to Jason Scott for having us.
Killer neon.
How a tattoo shop should look.
Great collection of prints and original art hanging in the shop.

Annette and Jason Scott hard at work.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

My Neighborhood

South Philly Yo!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Japan, was thinking of some friends there this week.

Caves in Enoshima,where the Samurai hid out in the 1600's, there's a cemetery in there too.
2nd biggest Buddah in Japan, near Enoshima. Made from individual cast panels.
Another national treasure of Japan, the beer vending machine.
Gus, aka Gusto Higo. The best machine builder in the world!

Gus at work, doing a lil rebuild on one of Annette LaRue's machines. A rollomatic type cutback she got from Lou Sciberra.
The economy is already bad in Japan and now there are rolling blackouts through out the country, needless to say he's not doing a lot of tattooing right now.
So professional tattooers, BUY HIS MACHINES!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Rollo!

Bought this one from Mike Malone at a Philly convention in '99 or 2000.
In Oakland in '02 I got him to sign my copy of "Bulls-Eyes & Black Eyes", which has this painting in it.
Never really new the man but, really enjoyed the few times I got to speak with him. I admire his take on tattooing and his work.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Painting,Flash,Tattoo(not in order)

Sheet from a split set I did with Dave Fox in 2003.
Bulldog I did in '02. Dieter Zalists has it now.
Did this dagger in the late'90's not really sure when.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Random Tattoos,not the best quality pics.

B-17 on a skinny girls arm. Done in'05?
A John Wayne Gacey painting on a paralegal. '04 or so.
Ed Hardy's "Pray for Surf" on my friend(and bass player in my old band) Bill. Did this last year.
Trick or Treater off a set of flash I did in '01 while working at Kadillac Tattoo. Put this tattoo on @ the Milano tattoo convention in 2006.
Any of these dates could be wrong, the old memory ain't what it used to be!

Friday, March 11, 2011

Mardi Gras @ Electric Ladyland

Saw this "ad" in the Marigny.
5 seconds after the doors opened on Sunday, for real.
Annette had a big Crawdad boil on Monday, it ruled. Thanks
You gotta wear a costume when you work at Ladyland during Mardi Gra, we were all Chris Smith from DC.
Thanks for everything to the crew at Electric Ladyland, lots of tattoos were done that week, in a REAL tattoo shop!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Joe Boyle

Joe's got tattoos from Don Nolan, Sailor Jerry, Rio De Janero and Zeke Owens amongst others.
Found these pics in my phone there from a couple years ago.
Joe has a bunch of tattoos from Sailor Jerry, he's the guy who has the wind swirl on his elbow that Jerry did in 1967.
Smitty (RIP), tattooing Joe.