TATTOO FLASH FULL BACK PIECE BUDDHA

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude Brush and Pitt bif brushes in Moleskine A3 sketchbook

TATTOO FLASH JAPANESE PEONIES, FINGER WAVE AND CLOUDS

 11 /12" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and Pitt big brushes in Moleskine A3 sketchbook

TATTOO FLASH DRAGON AND SNAKE ( Copy from Grime)

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and Pitt Big brushes in Moleskine sketchbook

TATTOO FLASH TIGER

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and Pitt big brush inks in Molskine sketchbook

BLACK AND GREY JOKER

9" x 12" Ink in Strathmore sketchbook

TATTOO FLASH FULL BACK PIECE

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook.

TIGER AND SKULL

TIGER AND SKULL
11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude Brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

ANOTHER JAPANESE STYLE TATTOO HANNYA

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEDE

16" x 20" Acrylic on canvass

BIG MAN LIVE MODEL

16" x 20" pastel on paper

COPYING R CRUMB

9" x 12" Ink in Strathmore sketchbook

COPYING FRANCESCO CLEMENTE

9"x 12" Pitt brush in Strathmore sketchbook

COPYING LUCIEN FREUD

18" x 24" oil on canvass

JAPANESE STYLE TATTOO - HANNYA

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook
Japanese style tattoo Hannya - Said to be a woman who was once beautiful but unrequited love turned her into a monster who expresses the fury of a woman overwhelmed by jealousy and anger.

JAPANESE STYLE SNAKE TATTOO

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolors in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE STYLE TATOO ONI MASK

11 1'2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fume brush and watercolor inMoleskine A4 sketchbook.

The Oni Mask tattoo in Japanese tattoos is extremely common and refers to the belief in a spirit world in which demons carry out their roles of punishing the unjust and evil, as well as spreading disease (seems like a random thing to be responsible for, but I guess it fits in with the whole evil-doing business).

While Oni are known for being evil, some Oni are good and are seen as protectors. One instance of this would include a monk who becomes an Oni after death to protect his temple. In English, the word Oni is best translated as ogre or troll (the Japanese word for “demon” is actually “yokai”). Oni, in traditional Japanese folklore, we marauding ogres known for terrorizing villages and tormenting villagers. Their association with demons in Japanese tattoo art has more to do with ogres being grouped into the realm of supernatural creatures (along with yokai) than anything else. Still, the symbolism holds as the imagery of the marauding ogre isn’t far from the idea of the evil spirit which the tattoo aims to convey.

FULL SLEEVE EAGLE AND FLAG ON MALE LEFT ARM 09-11-01 MEMORIAL TATTOO

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pental Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook.  Done in memory of all those who died on September 11, 2001 in New York, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, PA.

JAPANESE TATTOO STYLE TIGER

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolors in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE TATTOO STYLE FLOWER ON LEG

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolors in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE TATTOO FULL BACK PIECE

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

HONORING THOM DEVITA

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

HOCKNEY STREET

18" x 24" Watercolor on paper

GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD

11" x 14" Pitt brush on Bristol board

LOCKDOWN

11" x 14" watercolor on paper

WELL DRESSED SNAKE

11" x 14" Pitt brush and watercolor in Canson Sketchbook

THE FORREST FOR THE TREES

11" x 14" Pitt brush on Bristol board

MOONLIGHT

84" x 48" Acrylic on Board

ONE TOO MANY FILLMORES

11" x 15" Pentel Fume Brush, Pitt brush, watercolor and acrylic on Bristol board

JAPANESE STYLE TATTOO KOI FISH

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush, watercolor and acrylic in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE STYLE TATTOO ONI MASK

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Pentel Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook.

STREET GUY WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK (RIN TIN TIN)

9" x 12" Pitt pens in Canson sketchbook

STREET GUY

9 1/2" x 12" Pitt brush pen in Canson sketchbook

FULL SLEEVE FEMALE RIGHT ARM

8 1/2" x 11 1/2 "Yasutomo black sumi ink, Japanese Fude pen, Winsor Newton series 7 # 3 round brush, watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE TATTOO DRAGON

8 1/2" x 11 1/2" Uniball pen, crowquill pen, speedball ink, winsor newton series 7 #3 round brush, watercolor in Moleskine A4 album

JAPANESE TATTOO TIGER

8 1/2" x 11 1/2" Uniball pen, crowquill pen, Yasutomo black sumi ink, winsor newton university series synthetic round 233 brush,  watercolor in Moleskine A4 album

COPYING R. CRUMB ANGRY WHITE MAN

9" x 12" Ink on paper Strathmore sketchbook

COPYING FRANK MILLER

9" x 12" Ink on paper Strathmore sketchbook

COPYING FRANK MILLER

9" x 12" Ink on paper Strathmore sketchbook

GINZO THE PROFESSOR

9" x 12" Ink and color pencil in Strathmore sketchbook

BATMAN BY MOONLIGHT

9" x 12" Ink in Strathmore sketchbook

I MET EINSTEIN IN A DREAM AND ASKED WHY BOMB?

18" x 24" Acrylic on canvas

HOLDEN

9" x 12" Pitt brush pen in Strayhmore sketchbook

COPYING ALEX PARDEE

11" x 15" Watercolor, pitt brush pen and acrylic on paper

LOVE DIED THE DAY AFTER ELVIS DIED

18" x 24" Oil on canvas

COPYING RALPH STEADMAN

9" x 12" Uniball pen  in Strathmore sketchbook

COPYING RALPH SREADMAN

9" x 12" Uniball pen and Pitt brush pen in Strathmore sketchbook

DUM DUM

9" x 12" Pitt Brush pen in Canson sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

18" x 24" Acrylic on canvass

DARCY 3

18" x 24" Acrylic on paper

DARCY 2

16" x 20" pencil on bristol board