Once upon a time in Brooklyn...
Creator of The CarnyVores Sideshow Trading Cards!
I am a 28 year old Brooklyn native, vegan, mom, wife, tattooer and painter. My Dad completely sleeved out for as long as i can remember, had exposed me at a young age to the illegal underground tattooing scene in NYC. He encouraged me to pursue an apprenticeship, and while it sucked, it gave me a foundation to learn on my own by attending seminars and picking the brains of artists i really like. Not long after I started going to school at FIT, majoring in illustration with a minor in art history where i began my journey as a painter.
Over the past 8 years i have tattooed my way through south Brooklyn and Staten Island including a summer gig at the world famous Coney Island in 2001. I have Come full circle in a sense because now i find myself putting my tattoo work on and painting portraits of Carnies from Coney Island as well as other sideshow/musical performers across the nation. My work can be seen on the bodies of amazing performers such as Heather Holliday and Serpentina from the Coney Island Sideshow, Producer of the Red Hots Burlesque in NYC and San Francisco Dottie Lux, from the Hydrogen Jukebox in Philly Jellyboy the Clown, from the Venice beach freakshow Brett Loudermilk, The great filmmaker from LuxKillmore Ent. Val Killmore, Just to name a few...
I currently live in Bay Ridge Brooklyn with my 4 year old precious angel of a daughter, and while he's not away with the Army, my amazingly talented painter/sculptor/carpenter/firefighter/pt stud husband Dave (our collaboritive art can be seen here)
I am a 28 year old Brooklyn native, vegan, mom, wife, tattooer and painter. My Dad completely sleeved out for as long as i can remember, had exposed me at a young age to the illegal underground tattooing scene in NYC. He encouraged me to pursue an apprenticeship, and while it sucked, it gave me a foundation to learn on my own by attending seminars and picking the brains of artists i really like. Not long after I started going to school at FIT, majoring in illustration with a minor in art history where i began my journey as a painter.
Over the past 8 years i have tattooed my way through south Brooklyn and Staten Island including a summer gig at the world famous Coney Island in 2001. I have Come full circle in a sense because now i find myself putting my tattoo work on and painting portraits of Carnies from Coney Island as well as other sideshow/musical performers across the nation. My work can be seen on the bodies of amazing performers such as Heather Holliday and Serpentina from the Coney Island Sideshow, Producer of the Red Hots Burlesque in NYC and San Francisco Dottie Lux, from the Hydrogen Jukebox in Philly Jellyboy the Clown, from the Venice beach freakshow Brett Loudermilk, The great filmmaker from LuxKillmore Ent. Val Killmore, Just to name a few...
I currently live in Bay Ridge Brooklyn with my 4 year old precious angel of a daughter, and while he's not away with the Army, my amazingly talented painter/sculptor/carpenter/firefighter/pt stud husband Dave (our collaboritive art can be seen here)
