patrick boothman
resident artist
Inst: @patrickboothman
Email: Patrickboothman@yahoo.co.uk
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Patrick Boothman is a self taught hand poke artist WHO has migrated to a tattoo machine based practice.
Now primarily using tattoo machines Patricks work is going from strength to strength.
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Growing up in Wolverhampton in the 1980s and spending 3 of his adolescent years in Papua New Guinea He IS fascinated by the many ways different cultures express themselves THROUGH TATTOOING.
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“I work predominantly in black and greys, splitting my time between handpoke and machine work. My preferred style is still developing but I always enjoy designs that have an ethnic/cultural heritage to them, Celtic, Pacific or Asian ornamental."
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An A level Art , a foundation year at Walsall College of Art, studying Fine Art at Staffordshire University and finally dOING a PGCE in Design Technology at Sheffield Hallam University.
eventually experimentING with hand poke tattooing, HE started tattooing at Sursum tattoo in 2017.
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two of Patricks influences are @adamsage13 and @JakeMeeks