Gowrish Shares His Blessing, Amma in Ink

There are times when I feel lucky to find a tattoo by an amazing artist and then there are times I find something that is so breathtaking, I feel honored to be able to share work by a true master of the craft.<br /> <br /> Last week, I was walking down Crosby Street in SoHo when I met Gowrish after spotting a flash of color poking out of his short sleeve shirt. After he called the artist to make sure it was okay with her that I take pictures, Gowrish shared what I consider one of the finest tattoos I've ever posted on Tattoosday. Check out this piece by New York artist Denise de la Cerda, of Inkline Studio:<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoDoZIMZPfiZu8jMFncHhsFtwwcutR8lk5SUlGsRlu9aSbLLmRstMex4NRy2fB1Rj8cBG0LI9iM_p7yESkA0qvWdKRTKw2EKNvDZTtlOThyphenhyphen4twj34oJ7v5LMgz_5ey0_AY7nb3-rxID4/s1600/delacerda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoDoZIMZPfiZu8jMFncHhsFtwwcutR8lk5SUlGsRlu9aSbLLmRstMex4NRy2fB1Rj8cBG0LI9iM_p7yESkA0qvWdKRTKw2EKNvDZTtlOThyphenhyphen4twj34oJ7v5LMgz_5ey0_AY7nb3-rxID4/s640/delacerda.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by Denise de la Cerda</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Gowrish explained who this tattoo depicts:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"This is Amma, who is the Divine Mother and comes from India ... she's a great humanitarian leader and spiritual leader. She does a lot of good work. The 'Hugging Saint' they call her in the West...Denise [de la Cerda]  is amazing, one of the things is that it's really difficult to capture ...it's considered a great blessing  if you can have Amma's image like this ... Denise is very blessed because this is so real life that it's kind of unbelievable....<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEWAHi6CjTlMJkeIaKqe2YUiLIXnivAPew0F1X5_unBs7WTnab-gb6Au3gAzMcu3mvaxPEwHfvzLrBDB6WWsmcL2QKT39kL0Q0Iy0nTwM6kyuF5ZFQHDo_LQZx4gK_BHGO67Uk4ABvrA/s1600/delacerda+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEWAHi6CjTlMJkeIaKqe2YUiLIXnivAPew0F1X5_unBs7WTnab-gb6Au3gAzMcu3mvaxPEwHfvzLrBDB6WWsmcL2QKT39kL0Q0Iy0nTwM6kyuF5ZFQHDo_LQZx4gK_BHGO67Uk4ABvrA/s400/delacerda+detail.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by Denise de la Cerda</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> She tattoos the way that an artist paints, she's a real artist .... the detail of the fabric and everything you see her are traditional Indian offerings ...  the lotus, apples, bananas ... incense stick - see the smoke ... Indian sweets ... rice ... a lamp ...it's so amazing, right?"<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIoUgnjSnZvYsPt_P8nBjSHkrAo5DnWH_dD9WLh8hTgHAh0BS5Z13W9v8dn_vS3Z4EJ1xzA88qrHdhmrBGFvGfNeWVDFKmg3ARUGs6iPvE94xKLXvMDRufaQ6eInIAfHbwALraHnxQ5c/s1600/delacerda+detail+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIoUgnjSnZvYsPt_P8nBjSHkrAo5DnWH_dD9WLh8hTgHAh0BS5Z13W9v8dn_vS3Z4EJ1xzA88qrHdhmrBGFvGfNeWVDFKmg3ARUGs6iPvE94xKLXvMDRufaQ6eInIAfHbwALraHnxQ5c/s320/delacerda+detail+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by Denise de la Cerda</td></tr> </tbody></table></blockquote>Take a look, also, at the amazing detail Denise created in the flower garland around Amma's neck. This truly is a sensational piece of tattoo art.<br /> <br /> You can learn more about at Amma at http://www.amma.org/. I first became familiar with Denise de la Cerda's talent when I posted these amazing tattoos over two years ago. I encourage people to visit her website, http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com to check out more of her work

Gowrish Shares His Blessing, Amma in Ink

There are times when I feel lucky to find a tattoo by an amazing artist and then there are times I find something that is so breathtaking, I...

Read more »