john boyle

my name is john boyle. ive been tattooing for 7 years and have been drawing and painting all of my life. i first really got into art when i was 12, i started writing graffitti, until i got arrested a couple times, and decided it wasnt worth it. so i started taking my painting seriously when i was 16. shortly after i graduated high school in 2006 one of my friends bought me equipment to tattoo with, and i never stopped. i consider myself lucky to make enough money to support myself doing artwork that i love. i have my high school art teacher irene sukle to thank for giving me the freedom to create something different and do my own thing it taught me to love making art and that wont go away she was an amazing painter and passed in 2008 but she will live on through her art and inspiration to all of her students