I did this painting as a tribute to my friend @alex_garcia_art when I first found tattooing 16 years ago, Alex was my number one favorite artist. Back in the MySpace days he was at the top of my friends list and I had never met him. He was creating art that I could only hope to make one day. Everything he did was exactly how I wanted to tattoo or paint. Then, working my first tattoo convention somehow our booths were neighbors, and I was trying to keep it together and getting to actually watch him work. Eventually getting the courage to say hello, and get a piece from him (that he just freehanded on) and it’s still one of my favorite pieces I have. Inspired the shit out of me. Now I’m lucky to be able to call him a friend. This is based off his famous “lovers eye” painting that he did forever ago, with my twist. Thanks for everything babe.
