London show banner... original oil painting available.

I painted this for the London! Oil on canvas. It will be there and available to take home at the end of the show. $1600 u.s. Hope you like it. Can be purchased pre-show, will ship if you're not able to pick it up in person.

thanks,

jeff

For those of you who don't do "myspace"... I thought I'd show you one of my new paintings. I did a tattoo of a death moth on a friend of mine and was inspired to do this painting. It's on a gallery wrapped canvas so it doesn't need a frame. The price is $1200 plus shipping costs. Also canvas wrap and paper prints will be available soon, in a very limited number. Probably 25. I apologize for not having my painting gallery up on the site. I'm working on it. Thanks for your patience. If anyone is interested in this painting or any other painting, give me a call and leave a message, or email me.

Thanks so much,

jeff

541.291.0525

appointments?... if you have emailed me...

I want everyone to understand... I have a clientele list of close to a hundred current projects. Close to sixty are one to two year projects (i.e. a back piece averages 40 hours, which adds up to an average of ten appointments, equaling one to two years, assuming an appointment every month or two.) The rest need multiple sessions. I work on one to three clients a day, five days a week. That means there are a max of sixty appointments a month. with over a hundred current people to try to service... that means it takes at least three months to see everyone just one time. I get tons of emails, and phone calls, and people coming by the shop, everyday, in spite of my blogs, and phone messages stating that I am currently not taking any new clients. It is nothing personal, if I haven't returned your calls or emails. I am unable to. It would add two hours to my, already busy day. If you want me to work with you... check back every couple months or so, realizing it could be a year before we connect. There is no waiting list. There is no back door. there are no exceptions. If it's not worth the wait... There are tons of amazing tattoo artists out there... Of course, if they're that good, you're going to encounter similar circumstances with them.

Bottom line is, good work takes time. Be patient, don't compromise, and don't take it personal.

I'm deleting all my emails to date and starting fresh. I'm going to try and respond daily to all inquiries.

My sincere apologies, if I've given you any false hope for something sooner.

Thanks SEATTLE!!!

Hey everyone! Wanted to say thanks to all who attended and stopped by the booth at the Seattle Tattoo Convention... Gloria, Damon and Staff, Crash and Kent from Tattoo Artist Magazine, Jones Soda Company. Thanks to everyone who let me tattoo them. This was one of my best shows! I loved every piece I got to do, and am just so honored each time someone trusts me to leave my mark on their body.
I got 1st place for "tattoo of the day" on Friday and Sunday, which are going to be on the new "Jones Soda" bottles... look for them in stores soon! Also got 1st place for "best Leg" Thanks for coming Dawn! Crash, the Editor in Chief of "Tattoo Artist Magazine" picked me for a feature in the spring issue!!! What an honor! They're launching their public version of the trade magazine, "Tattoo Collector" look for that in stores too. Got lots of encouragement and of course was humbled by all the good work being done. Keeping me on my toes!

Next Stop... LONDON!

Pics: Rubber worm 'n' bass, (3rd place "tattoo of the day" for Saturday.
Lemur on skull, (1st place "tattoo of the day" for Sunday, Jones soda label)
Freehand skull, (1st place "tattoo of the day" for Friday, Jones soda label)
Star Gazers, First session on Gloria, about half way there.

Thanks, "Skin and Ink"!

Bob Baxter, and his awesome wife Mary, came and did a feature shoot and interview last week for an upcoming article in Skin and Ink. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to be photographed. You were all so patient. The Article should be out in November, (Jan. issue). I was also asked to do the cover art for one of next year's issues. I'm so honored!

Speaking of new art... Here's a sneak peak at the Milan, Italy show poster and magazine add. I just finished it on July 1st. Take a close look at it. you might be surprised at what you see. It's somewhat of a self portrait. Ask me in person, and I'll tell you about it. It's a 24"x36" oil on canvas. Not for sale at the moment. I'll let everyone know if it comes available.

All American Tattoo Fest!!! Sacramento, CA

The show this year was a lot of fun! I tattooed Some great people, met some great people, and saw some old friends. The sushi was unbelievable! Mikunis kicks ass! My good friend, and veteran tattoo artist, Jen Schichi got a tiny little "California" tattoo, (Poppies and a quail) She's got like a thousand hours on her body. Mostly by Guy Aitchison, so it's always a little unnerving to tattoo her. I also did a portrait on Francesco, from Fat Cat Tattoo in Sac. I'm glad I worked the last two shows with Nikko!!! I've learned a bunch from him about color portraits. I also tattooed Alan, Julie, and Al. Thanks so much to all of you. I'm honored to do your work! I won "Best Back piece", "Best Full Leg", 2nd for "Best Traditional", (Cory Norris got 1st.) and Treavor Barnes and I did a collaboration on Bruce that won "Best Chest"! That was sweet. I'm honored to work with Treavor and it was a true privilege to do that piece together. Got to hang out with the crew from The Phoenix Tattoo Company, John Highland, of 12 Monkeys, Nick and Cory from Classic Tattoo Grass Valley, Jen from the Mermaid's Tale, Jason and Andy, from Metamorphic Tattoo, Orly from Humble Beginnings, Claire, Megan and Carson. I also got to meet Grime for the first time and show him a few of my paintings. CRAZY! What an inspiring artist. Last but not least, I showed Miki (puts on the London, and Milan show, along with this show, he's also the editor of Tattoo Life and Tattoo Energy, both European magazines) my sketch for the Milan poster next year. He gave me the go ahead, and I'll be painting the final draft this week. Check back for that later.

Queen Mary Show!!

Long beach was a lot of fun! Finished a cover up of a tribal dolphin armband that I started in Detroit this last March. Got to freehand a ghost dragon on Victor's stomach, and Did a fun little pin-up. Didn't get any sleep and met a lot of really cool people. Hung out with some old friends and made some new ones.