working francis is funny….very funny

here are some new tattoos i have been working on. i had a computer problem and it took me a few days to get a new one, but at last i have a new macbook pro…i am no computer guy, but i really like it.

basket ride

i worked on this indian back piece before i left town on friday. i love this tattoo, it is so bold and classy… makes me wish i did not have a such a crummy back piece. i can not wait to finish it.

 

i wish that horses were wishes

No I don’t really want to die
I only want to die in your eyes
I’m still here below the chandelier
where they always used to read us our rights

I want to wander through the night
as a figure in the distance even to my own eye
Have you ever rented a room
have you ever even rented a room?

An anchor lets you see the river move
but now that your evil dreams came true
there on your face
a row of teeth he’ll come to replace

I know you laughed when I left
but you really only hurt yourself
When you see your curtains move in the wind
you can bet I’m betting against you again

Cause I’m a man who has a wife who has a mother
who married one but she loved another

You’re a tower without the bells
you’re a negative wishing well

I should have checked the stable door
for the name of the sire and dam
you were always at the dogtrack
with your brother and all his friends

Chalk lines around my body
like the shoarline of a lake
You’re laughter made me nervous
it made your body shake to hard

Now there’s a lot of things that I’m gonna miss
like thunder down country and the way water drips
when you’re running for the door in the rain
read the metro section…see my name

No I didn’t really want to die
I only wanted to die in your eyes
Grant me one last wish
Life should mean a lot less than this

-SILVER JEWS

i have not posted in a little while, here are a few things that i have been working on. the 2 headed eagle is a healed picture in case you were wondering , which i doubt you were.

i was excited to do this black flag “my war” tattoo. i have a my war tattoo from years ago. its important to have at least 1 black flag tattoo. at least i thought so…i have 3.

nobody is waiting for me on the other side

here are a bunch o’ new pictures. i recently bought a insect collection that came from the buffalo natural history museum. it is very old, probably 1890′s. here is one of the shadow boxes. it is probably the most beautiful pattern i have ever seen. there are others with stars and circles made of moths, butterflies, snakes …etc.

next is a piece of flash i just did, it is a bit different than the usual, but i think still looks very old.

yesterday i finally finished these flowers on William, he has the famed lady on the horse front piece.  after finishing the flowers he decided that he wanted a very old looking tattoo, so naturally we did a simple whip shaded to hell lady with a skull who’s eyes double for gross boobs.

so there ya ‘ have it folks. enjoy and as always thank you for looking.

BHR

STABLEMATE

here are a couple new birds. the frame on the lower bird was influenced by my friend Cris Cleen’s visit. he does a mean frame out.

hope you enjoy. now i am off to brimfield for a few days

i am stuck in a city, but i belong in a field

here are a few new ones. i did the man and lady the other day, it is my favorite tattoo i have done in some time. i love doing super raw and pure folk style tattooing. it is the strongest imagery in my eyes. i love it.

the wolf is on Mr. Jonathan’s neck. he has the crow with cross bones on the other side. we knocked it out yesterday in a short time, which is great for both him and i. his neck hurt and so did my poor back.

lastly we have a hand holding some poppy’s, i really like this tattoo, as it has colors that i would not usually use…okay well one. orange.

thank you for looking as usual.

BHR

heart full of flowers

 

Blood Red Bird

 

ringing bells

i have been running around like  a chicken with its head cut off for the past few weeks. working reall hard and getting ready to take sometime off. here are a few new ones, i hope you enjoy  looking at them as much as i enjoyed tattooing them. thank you as always for visiting the blog.

Bailey

the seeding

last night after a long day i tattooed this clown head on my friend Cris Cleen( he is a very good tattooer, check him out). after he self medicated with booze and pills we were ready to begin this tattoo, it is in a very painful place , however due to Dr. Cris’s self prescribed meds he sat like a rock.

i did the lady head with flowers early in the day yesterday on Mr. Brett. he is probably the nicest person i have ever tattooed, his girlfriend even brought us some apples from the farmers market to snack on. very nice people indeed.

next up is a skull on the Wes Lang. if you are not familiar with Wes Lang or his art you need to be. a man a myth a legend….Wes Lang…..yes.