these are some of my tattoos. i’m exhibiting them here, upon the request of another blogger. they’re all by Greg Kulz in San Francisco. he’s an amazing artist and tattooist, a good friend, too. he tattooed me for over 20 years! i haven’t any new ones in the last 5 years or so; for a variety of reasons. they’re my pride and joy. even though they’re very old, they still look almost perfect. i have excellent skin for tattoos! yay!
enjoy!
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i'm an abstract painter, abstract expressionist most of the time. i work in a large variety of mediums. i draw psychedelic pictures with sharpies from time to time. i take photographs from time to time. i love the arts; they inspire me and they are my therapy.
i have fibromyalgia and and spinal stenosis along with diabetes and a variety of mental illnesses. the main one is bipolar disorder.
i love rescue animals, the interwebz, my husband, my dog, my dad, the arts, rocknroll, coffee, tattoos, diet coke, and going to the movies alone!
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adventures in existence 
Did you create the drawings or did Greg?
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a bit of both. i usually brought in some reference pictures, things i found online or in books and stuff, that fit the idea i had in mind. most of my part of it was choosing the subject, the colors, the placement and often a rough idea of the shape of it as a whole. he did all the details, used the colors to make them beautiful. sometimes he did the whole thing; i really trusted him and gave him a lot of leeway. i think he had fun with that.
he did the ones around my left ankle freehand. he put a few marks on it with a red sharpie and did whatever his imagination wanted. 🙂
for the one on my neck, all i said was, i wanted it done in green/purple/blue, that it should be really big and that the tattoo wrapped around the sides, coming close to the front of my neck. you can;t see that part in the photo, you can only see that part of you saw the sides.
he designed the last one i got from him (it’s not in the pictures because it’s not finished) with a tablet, photoshop, and rendered it in 3D. it was so fun to watch him do that! 🙂
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interesting. though i am not into inking, it does intrigue me as art.
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it’s a wonderful way to own art! i love that my body seems like a work of art because of them. 🙂
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Wow ~ yes your own personal gallery thats yours forever too enjoy ~ excellent.
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Awesome collection of tats. 🙂
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Thanks!
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