Size Matters

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What a fun week, I got to finish a back piece and david’s vulture, and then got to start another back and work on evans back……………………..

I have also gone full time now at the Brooklyn shop tues – sat 1pm-9pm.

It feels good to be in one place. Ill post some pics of the Brooklyn shop up here soon, its an amazing shop, unlike anything I’ve worked in before.

Thanks.

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Canvas LA

I just found this mention of one of paintings at the Canvas LA Gallery show BE HERE NOW that was curated last month by Daniel Albrigo

Here is a link to it on TheHundreds.com blog

and here is a snap shot of my painting courtesy of TheHundreds.com

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Darkness Come Alive

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DoomRiders – Anything and Everything. www.myspace.com/doomriders

Today I’m gonna be listening to Doomriders as they are playing Brooklyn tonight- Cant fucking wait.

Above is the cover of the split 7″ they did with Disfear with artwork taken from my painting ‘Enter’.

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The Rain Song

Led Zeppelin’s – The Rain Song, taken from Houses of The Holy.

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This week has been great, i got to photograph some healed tattoos old and new, did some great new ones and i have been listening to Led Zeppelin………………….

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Winds with Hands

So last year I took part in this little video, and I’m not ashamed to say that I am a very big fan of pelican so doing this and tattooing these guys is a great honour for me.

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check it out here -

http://alandelrio.net/pelican.html

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Travelling through space and time.

here’s a few Albums that I have been listening to recently………………

SUNN O))) Monoliths and Dimensions, www.southernlord.com

Asva – What you don’t know is Frontier, www.southern.com/ASVA

Gallows – Grey Britian, www.gallows.co.uk

Nick Drake – Way To Blue, www.nickdrake.com

Pelican – Ephemeral, www.myspace.com/pelican

Coalesce – OX, www.myspace.com/coalesce

Mastodon – Crack The Skye, www.cracktheskye.com

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Doubt can only be removed by action.

Here is another few shot of some work in progress, one from yesterday and some from the past few weeks.

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“Doubt can only be removed by action.”  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Segments from Time

Its been a busy few weeks, i had the pleasure of seeing Isis, Pelican and Tombs play here in NYC, it was fantastic.

Had a few friends in town who to their Pleasure got some new ink…………….

Here is James on Day 1 (one of the first 10 people i tattooed years ago}

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James Day 2

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Laurent came to stay had is chest piece finished and we worked on his arm.

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Here is a few works in progress from the past few weeks, i love showing stuff as it develops, it marks little segments in time as the tattoo develops and comes to life.

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