Tattooing has always been sort of shamanistic to me in a sense. It is passed down through generations and is constantly evolving but it’s still the same thing it always has been. It’s a way to express your inner self to the world around you.

I started tattooing in 2009 in Ocala, Fl at Diamond Tattoo and around 2012 I left there to start working at Ocala Tattoo(established by Chris O’Leary). Which was a shop I had always wanted to work at.

The shop had a style reminiscent of that north Florida Jax style you see coming out of inksmith & Rogers, as Chris was a part of that lineage and he had worked at the Roosevelt shop before moving to Ocala during the early 2000’s.

Working at Ocala Tattoo was a pivotal moment in my career and plays a huge role in how I tattoo to this day.