WITH ALMOST A CENTURY OF COMBINED TATTOOING EXPERIENCE, CINDY BURMEISTER, STEVE BYRNE AND GREG CHRISTIAN HAVE CARVED AN INCREDIBLE AND DIVERSE LEGACY WITHIN THE WORLD OF TATTOOING.

OVER SEVERAL DECADES, THIS TRIO HAVE WORKED CLOSELY ALONGSIDE THE TRADES GREATEST INNOVATORS AND IN SOME OF THE WILDEST ENVIRONMENTS TATTOOING HAS TO OFFER.

ALL THREE HAVE CONSISTENTLY PROVEN THEIR LOVE AND OBSESSION FOR THE ART FORM, AND THE TENACITY TO SUCCEED WITH THEIR WORK ON SKIN.

THIS FIRST WAVE OF COLLABORATIVE ARTWORK EXPLORES A PLACE THAT IS UNDENIABLY SEPARATE FROM THE ONE THEY LIVE IN, PULLING THE VIEWER OUT OF A LOGICAL OR COMMON WORLD INTO A PLACE OF FANTASY AND IMAGINATION.

DEEP SYMBOLISM, ABSTRACT FORM AND HYPNOTIC PATTERNS ABUNDANTLY SHOW A DESIRE TO MOVE BEYOND THE STYLE OF TATTOOING THEY ARE KNOWN FOR AND EXPLORE NEW TERRITORIES.

SIMPLY STEPPING INTO A TATTOO SHOP CAN BE ENOUGH TO CHANGE SOMEBODY, AND THAT PERSON INSTANTLY KNOWS IT IS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY. THE IMAGES ON THE WALL, NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL OR DISTURBING, CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE. WHETHER THE THEME IS BIRTH, DEATH OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, IT MOLDS THE VIEWER TO CONFRONT SOMETHING MORE COMPLEX THAN THE REAL WORLD AND ULTIMATELY BECOMES MORE MAGNETIC.

MUTUAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO MISUSE MATERIALS, DISREGARDING THE FEAR OF ERROR AND HAVING FUN WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT CREATIVE ELEMENTS HERE. USING ALIEN LANDSCAPES WITH MULTIPLE TOPOGRAPHICAL LAYERS, THICK SWATHES OF PAINT AND PSYCHEDELIC SPOT SPIRALS, THESE ARTISTS HAVE TOGETHER CREATED A TRULY NEW DYNAMIC FORMULA FOR THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE ELSE TO ENJOY.