Rafe and I went to the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in Hancock, MA at the Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. This was the second year for the gathering but the first year we went because we just found out about it. We’ll go next time in 2011. They decided to have it every other year because it is so much work to put it on every year. Over 60 of the very best tattoo artists in the world are invited to come to this show. Unlike other tattoo events this one is for the artists and the collectors of their work. Very few, if any, people that were “just looking”. Here are a couple links: www.tattoogathering.com www.jiminypeak.com/ Rafe got his first tattoo from Litos the owner of Forbidden Images Tattoo in New Port Richey, FL. he and his wife Julie were great people and he will finish Rafe’s tattoo sometime this spring when he has a guest spot at “Off the Map Tattoo” in Northampton, MA. The fine folks at Off the Map put on the Gathering (Thanks Gabe and Mary!) with a lot of help from volunteers. Just a fantastic group of people who are passionate about tattooing. www.forbiddenimages.com www.offthemaptattoo.com My first new tattoo was done by Stefano Alcantara of Lima, Peru who works out of Paul Booth’s Last Rite Tattoo Theatre in NYC. Stefano did the memorial portraits of my parents. He’s a phenomenal artist and a great guy. Mom and dad are 17 and 21 respectively in these photos. They eloped and never had a wedding portrait, but these are from the same time period. Check out more of …
