Convention Season

Hey everybody, sorry for the lack of updates. This blog is the closest thing I have to a personal web site, so I know i need to get better about updating it. The winter season was rough at my shop; we had some dead spells for sure, but we made it out the other side and things are picking up with the warmer weather.

Springtime is convention time for me, and even though I don't do a lot of conventions, I do believe I hit the most important ones. Quality one quantity, or so they say...

Sharkey and I did the Mass Tattoo and Arts Festival in Sturbridge last week. We didnt bring our tattoo gear as we had intentions of only selling artwork and merch. Even though we didn't do as well as we usually do, we at least broke even on the trip. So that's something.

Up next is Scranton's Electric City Tattoo Convention. This show is a good one. A lot of good friends of ours do this show, and Scranton is a really fun town to hang out in. It's April 17th-19th.

After that is Roc City Tattoo Expo in Rochester, NY. Soooooo many heavy hitters at this one. If you're in the area it's not to be missed. May 1st-3rd.

Then I'm off the Mooncusser Tattoo in Provincetown, Mass from May 29th-June 1st. Good shop, good people, good times.

After that is the Live Free or Die Tattoo Expo in Manchester, NH, which is mid July. I will have to sure up the dates on that one.

So this past weekend we had a cookout at our shop to celebrate one year down after our move from our 853 Farmington Ave shop to our current location at 544 Deming Rd. We grilled up some burgers and dogs, drank some beers, and raffled off some prizes. Not many people showed, but all in all it was a good day.

Photo stolen from Andrew Green

I've also been belting out some new artwork and tattoos. Take a look:

Baku and Kirin backpiece on Stan 

Newest addition to Josh's clown collection leg

Little señorita pinup on Jess

 Some small skull paintings I've been workin on lately. 

There has been a lot more than just this stuff, but I'm not gonna post every single one. Sorry. 

If you feel like getting tattooed at one of my travel dates get at me. You can email me at patrickmurdough@yahoo.com. 

Thanks for looking!