While that type of intro to the tattoo world might be frowned upon by veterans of the industry, Livingston is part of the new breed of ink peddlers, the type who learns their fundamentals through art schools rather than dirty tattoo shops. He didn't even work under anyone else at another shop before opening up Living Art Gallery in 2011. He never had a formal apprenticeship, instead tattooing out of a studio he'd set up at his grandparents' house and watching other artists' hand movements and techniques. The school didn't know about it, but that art teacher let me tattoo a client in his classroom for a senior project.”įrom there, Livingston was almost entirely self-taught. Now you can go down the street and buy everything you need to tattoo. “At 15, everything I was using was handmade. “I was originally a painter, but a teacher told me I should focus on the art that excited me when I was 15 years old,” Livingston says. The San Clemente native started tattooing after being inspired by a San Clemente High School art teacher to pursue the types of art that truly inspired him. It makes sense for Living Art Gallery to have an art show, because its owner is more of a fine artist himself. We've done shows here before, but this will be different. It'll be a full show and a very entertaining event. “There are going to be a lot of really beautiful pieces here. “It's not just going to be a tattoo art show,” Livingston says. That's just how Livingston wants it, and exactly why he's hosting a an art show there this Saturday. The tranquil waiting area is sectioned off from the drawing/painting/tattooing area by a set of large glass doors the whole thing looks like a more appropriate place for paint brushes than tattoo needles. The walls of Monte Livingston's Living Art Gallery Tattoo Lounge are decorated not with tattoo flash, but fine art and paintings.
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