I’m an artist by heart and from a young age people always told me that my artistic nature was going to land me a good job that I would love. If tattooing didn’t fit that profile better I don’t know what would. I have always been drawing but paper is not skin and tattooing was my next step into a world of living canvas. My journey is pretty much just that, I have honed my style, and now I’m ready to help you choose your next big tattoo.
My 1st intro to tattoos in the early 2000s was the stereotypical experience of bikers and rockstar mentality. It was a darker age of tattooing and it took me a while to find my footing in the scene. I almost all but gave up until after moving from Florida to Arkansas did I find people who saw my artists potential . In 2011 I started seriously learning the art of tattooing from a woman by the name Virginia “Z” Zuelsdorf at a studio called Southtown Tattoo in Fort Smith Arkansas. I apprenticed in a busy shop with 8 other artist and learned many skill sets from the diverse styles in which each artist had to offer. This was a great environment for a new tattooer I loved and appreciated the advise and training I got in my early years. I worked there for a short time before I decided that I should like to travel and met other artists. I traveled for a 2 years tattooing at different shops along the way, but always felt like the sunshine state called my name home. I found a shop in Palm Beach Florida to tattoo at. Naturally after a bit the thirst from adventure never faded. As of the few last year I started to attend the Villain Arts tattoo conventions mostly traveling on the eastern half of the U.S. so clients near and far can get tattooed by me.
I mostly like to tattoo in bold bright watercolor style.
In my free time I paint in a multifaceted array of mediums but mostly like watercolor. It heavily influenced my gravitation towards abstract painter styled tattooing. I enjoy the loose nature and the idea of no real subject matter but rather just adorning the body in flowing colors, shapes and patterns. I like to tattoo nature such as animals, flowers, landscapes and mostly under water creatures. I also have a real affinity for skulls always have been strangely connected to a darker side and it also shows in my work. A perfect balance between the bright fun colors and the cool dark macabre.
If you’d like to get tattooed by me either at home in Florida or while I’m on the road its as easy as sending me an email to OxiTattoos@gmail.com
You can also fallow me under Facebook and Instagram under the code name OxiLox
Thanks for looking into a little about me and my art hope you found what you were looking for in your next tattoo.
Forever Weird
Oxi Lox
Shannon Michael
