Island Scene

Island Scene by Monica Painter.

"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."

Ralph W. Sockman

Lily

Lily by Monica Painter.

"The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity."

Dorothea Dix

Fish

Fish by Monica Painter.

"The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea."

Mao Zedong

Mermen

Mermen by Monica Painter.

"I just love mermaids. I was a mermaid in my past life. I just feel it when I go in the sea. I just feel a connection there between me, and the water, and the fish - they speak to me - and the shells - they ring out to me."

Ella Henderson

Goat Star

Goat Star by Monica Painter.

"I have always wanted to open up a brewery slash goat farm. Brew some beer, make some goat cheese, but that's kinda dreamy."

Adam Lamberg

Snow White

Snow White by Monica Painter.

"Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it."

Lily Collins

Ariel

Ariel by Monica Painter.

"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

Walt Disney

Polynesian

Polynesian by Adam Considine.

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

Vince Lombardi

Polynesian Shark

Polynesian Shark by Adam Considine.

"I rode a shark once. I wouldn't recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don't think we are meant to ride them."

Aaron Paul

Celtic Cross & Runes

Celtic Cross & Runes by Adam Considine.

"I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies."

Grant Morrison

Head Tattoo

Head Tattoo by Monica Painter.

"I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves."

Taylor Swift  

Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat by Monica Painter.

"City Ballet has to develop choreographers of stature and a new approach to coaching before everything we value about it fades away and, in the great tradition of the Cheshire Cat, there's nothing left but Peter Martins' smile."

Robert Gottlieb

Moon & Sun

Moon & Sun by Monica Painter.

"Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun."

John Lennon

Tropical Scene

Tropical Scene by Monica Painter.

"Everything, however complicated - breaking waves, migrating birds, and tropical forests - is made of atoms and obeys the equations of quantum physics. But even if those equations could be solved, they wouldn't offer the enlightenment that scientists seek. Each science has its own autonomous concepts and laws."

Martin Rees

"Nightmare Before Christmas" Turtle

"Nightmare Before Christmas" Turtle by Monica Painter.

"All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable."

Walt Disney

Arrow

Arrow by Adam Considine.

"The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede."

Eugen Herrigel

Polynesian Ohana Turtle

Polynesian Turtle by Monica Painter.

"Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause."

Bruce Feiler

Polynesian Turtle

Polynesian Turtle with Star by Monica Painter.

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Hummingbird

Hummingbird by Monica Painter.

"Every morning, I'm visited by hummingbirds. I think it's nice, but maybe they're planning an attack?"

Rutina Wesley

Goodbye Nekita

Nekita at Sweet Trade Tattoo.

Sadly Athena & Adam's dog, Nekita, passed away last week.  It was very unexpected and she will be terribly missed.  Thank you to Nekita for all the love and joy you have brought to us over the past 11 years.  We will miss you more than we can possibly say!