What started out as an interest in the human figure and tattoo art became a portraiture series with a difference.
Tattooed Portraits
is a collection of works by San Francisco painter Shawn Barber
featuring the inked up details of ome of the most well known tattoo
artists and painters in the business. The series features the colourful
flesh of the likes of Grime, Paul Booth, Marcus Pacheo, Mike Davis,
Mike Giant, Kari Barba, Rick Walters, Mark Mahoney and other well known
figures.
In 2006 Shawn his first book of work from this series entitled
Tattooed Portraits: New Paintings by Shawn Barber followed by his second release early last year
Forever and Ever: New works by Shawn Barber both published through
9mmbooks.
The attention to detail in both the figures, and multiple dimensions of
their tattoo art is truly extraodinary. Check some samples from the
series to the right of this post and for more informations on the
artist and further works visit
sdbarber.com