Today a world traveler stopped by for a Celtic embellishment, a tree of life tattoo made from a California valley oak with knotwork roots. A permanent souvenir of his passage through the Central Coast, capping his shoulder with the canopy of the majestic tree.
Celtic Tree of Life Tattoo by Pat Fish
Today a UK resident returned to add another pattern to his growing collection of ethnic art. This is a Pictish boar, a close representation of a carving made in Scotland by the Picts, one of more than 250 preserved stones that were carved as early as the 3rd century. Below it I placed a La Tene band, that dates from 500 BCE, and gives the boar a plinth to stand on.
Stone Boar Band Pictish Tattoo by Pat Fish
Today a happily married couple came to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary by getting matching Celtic tattoos of their pair of mules! Thanks to the internet she found me, quite possibly the tattoo artist most enthusiastic to do mule portraits! So here their mules are, Gus and Elvis, representing the teamwork that she and her husband share, and their bond of devotion and, dare we say it, stubborn determination to make their marriage work!
Celtic 'Stubborn Love' Tattoo by Pat Fish
Back in November, a client commissioned this custom tattoo (click here to see the original blog post), and today he returned to bring it to life with color. We knew when we did the black lines and shading that it would have color, but he wanted to have some time to think about how much. Today we opted for an emphasis on the central flames, leaving the cats, sword, and triquetra in black, to meld them together.
'Celtic Sword Cats' Tattoo by Pat Fish
