Hi, I’m Ken. I’ve been doing some form of creative, artistic work for as long as I can remember. As a kid it was drawing with crayons, finger painting, playing with clay, and building things with my Grandpa or Dad.

As I became older, I refined my creative impulses into sketching, drafting, and painting. My teen years were heavily influenced by Southern California skate punk and car club culture. I became fascinated by the tattoos and art I saw in the skate and car magazines. At that time I didn’t think tattooing would be my life, instead I went to Cornell College to pursue a career in architecture. After some time I realized architecture was not what I wanted to do and left with a bachelors of fine art.

With my new degree, I had no idea what I would do. I managed to stumble into a job as a body piercer, which led me to tattooing. After doing my first tattoo, I was hooked. I’ve spent everyday since that day in 1998 trying to learn more about tattooing and becoming better at it.

This drive to learn more and become better has given me a wide range of skills to pull from and has exposed me a lot of different tattoo styles. I enjoy tattooing, whether it’s black and grey, color realism, new school, tribal, fine line or even just a simple name. I have to admit I have a special place in my heart for good, clean and solid Traditional American tattoos, these are the tattoos I grew up admiring and wanting to do.

Outside of tattooing, I still play with a lot of different creative endeavors. I enjoy painting tattoo flash, sign painting, painting miniatures, building furniture by hand, and leather working.

If I’m not involved with a project, I’ll watch some anime, play some video games, torment my teenage daughter with horrible dad jokes or relax with my wife, our rottweiler and our two fat cats.