High Art Tattoos

If ever you needed proof that there is an immense amount of skill growing and proliferating all the time in the world of tattooing, there are several breath taking examples to be found in one particular niche: the practice of rendering imitations of masterpieces from the fine art world on skin. There are a number of particularly popular artists that are used, their artworks are those that have been appreciated for decades and are now being spun in an entirely new way: think Frieda Kahlo Diego Rivera, Henri Rousseau, Gustav Klimt, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Dali, Vincent Van Gogh and Wassily Kandinsky. The tattoos done in tribute to their art are a pure celebration of the true mastery of ink: complexities of shading, colour, curve and tone. There’s only one thing to do with tattoos like this: check them out…