Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right arm:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s1600/balloon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s400/balloon.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /> This was done by Brian Marsman at Powerhouse Tattoo Company in Montclair, New Jersey. "I just wanted a hot air balloon and I didn't have a picture for him or anything," Amy told me, "he just drew it up for me."<br /> <br /> She also had this tattoo, on her inner right forearm,<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s1600/girlhead+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s400/girlhead+bird.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /> This is an interpretation of a watercolor by Angelique Houtkamp entitled "Edith Piaf":<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/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s1600/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s400/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">©Angelique Houtkamp</td></tr> </tbody></table>This was done by an artist named Giordano who was visiting from Brazil, set up shop in Amy's dining room, and tattooed a handful of friends and family, including Amy's husband and father.

Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right ar...

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