Oh yea. I get people
from Jersey, NYC, Colorado, Canada, it’s great.
People don’t realize
how much Ink Master
and magazines like
your’s really do for
your career. It’s not
selling out, it’s called
promoting. You own
a business, you are
a business man. Just
because you’re an artist
it doesn’t matter if you
are a cake decorator,
photographer, writer,
painter, you’re an artist
and if you want to retire
at some point you have
to do business. Reach
the masses, reach the
people. You can’t stay in
a fishbowl.
Tell us about your shop.
(laughs) My shop is very interesting. I really think you can film a TV show there. My
manager is Italian, has long dreads, he’s a fine art painter, he taught art
Oh, Tommy Slocum, love Tommy! And great work.
Yea, Tommy! Paints crazy! Looks like a hippie but the most straight laced family guy,
loves the Raiders, and I have an ex female body builder named Dawn, tattoos on her
head, completely bald, lips out to here, her tits were double M’s, weigh 10 pounds a
piece, she dabbled in adult entertainment, great artist, amazing artist, ex professional
body builder, she’s a monster, she outlifts every guy in the gym. I have a guy named
Big D, he’s about 5 foot 6 and 700 pounds, so you think you’re walking into a fucking
carnival (laughs) I’m not lyin’ man it is fuckin Oh My God! I had a piercer who is half
black, he’s Jamaican and Jewish, Jewmaican, and people thought he was gay but
he wasn’t. You walk in and think what the fuck is going on here! 8 artists. Took all the
money from the show, invested in the shop, 3800 Square feet, 11 employees, it’s a
business. Yes, it’s art but it is a business and you’re providing a service for people.
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What do you do for fun?
I golf a lot. I’m a big golfer. It’s the most challenging thing I’ve ever done. I used to