Before I ever picked up a tattoo machine, I was already an artist.

 

I grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo as a quiet, shy kid who was always drawing. Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I later studied art at Sheridan College and OCAD, with a strong interest in realism, drawing and painting.

 

My path eventually led me into tattooing after selling one of my paintings to a tattoo shop. From there, I apprenticed at Street City Tattoos under my mentor, Focus, and began tattooing professionally in 2018.

 

For me, tattooing became another medium for my artwork—only instead of paper or canvas, I was learning to work on skin.