Most of them come from my practice of meditation and Buddhist mindset. I thought a lot of what I wanted to convey and spread on my skin, and it felt natural for these symbols to form the actual design and come together, obvious and clear. It was important to ink it in Lexington (my “home base”), so that I’ll always carry with me a part of Kentucky. I’ve been considering having a Japanese sleeve for many years but never took the step. Several significant events have happened in my life since: a dramatic change of life style, my move to the US, a green card, the vipassana meditation retreats, my love for Thailand and its Buddhist spirituality. Five hours later, meaningful components of my personal history permanently darkened my skin. The artist and I agreed on a general shape of the tattoo that he filled up with symbols as I was telling him my story. I kept going with a Maori pattern on my right foot, followed by a bigger piece-a Polynesian tattoo that runs along my right leg from my calf to my buttocks that I got before embarking on a year-round-the-world journey in 2006. I started with a very small design-a salamander I drew and then got inked on my left shoulder. ![]() I wanted to be sure of my decision to permanently modify my body with an irreversible alteration. I’ve waited until my mid-20s to get inked. I expose and reveal more of myself and have to accept that not everybody will understand or approve of it, but what matters is to be true to myself. Positive or negative, the way people will first look at you won’t be the same anymore. By having tattoos, I am changing my connection to the outside and others. Getting tattooed is a way to mark myself out, make this body uniquely mine, adding some pieces of art and beauty to value it, reclaim what is me, define an identity and assume it. We don’t choose the body we’re living in, yet we can choose who we are and what we want this body to be like. We use acid-free papers and canvases with archival inks to guarantee that your prints last a lifetime without fading or loss of color.I’ve always been intrigued by the tattoo and its process, a very strong and symbolic one-the pain to endure, the wounds and the scars it leaves on my skin, in my flesh and from that, what a beautiful piece of art emerges, the permanent and definitive mark I’ve decided to get, the commitment.įor many tribes, tattooing was and still is the means to tell a story, one’s own story that you carry every single moment, like a reminder or a testimony. All of our prints are produced on state-of-the-art, professional-grade Epson printers. Pixels is one of the largest, most-respected giclee printing companies in the world with over 40 years of experience producing museum-quality prints. Stretched canvas prints look beautiful with or without frames. ![]() All stretched canvases ship within 3 - 4 business days and arrive "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails. ![]() Your image gets printed on one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap). Also available with black sides, whites sides, and 5/8" stretcher bars.īring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Corner Detail: Stretched canvas print with 1.5" stretcher bars and mirrored image sides.
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