Metamorphosis Ink

October 2020 Filmed & interviewed by Bay News 9 (Tampa Bay News)

September 2020 Given a 2 Page feature in Pinellas Country Times

March 2020 Filmed & Interviewed by Channel 10 News

Feb-April? 2020 Guest Speaker for the Culture Mauraders Podcast show

December 2019 won 2nd place overall Dunedin Museum Live Canvas Night

October 2019 Won 2nd place for best chest piece at Tampa Tattoo Convention

May-December 2019 Featured in “Jagged Lines” Dunedin History Museum, The history of tattooing in America

June 2019 won 2nd place best floral Ink Mania Tattoo Convention

June 2019 Attending Ink Mania Tattoo Convention in St. Petersburg, FL and teaching another seminar on Scars and Tattooing.

May 2019 Featured in the Dunedin Beacon News Paper

April 2019 GRAND OPENING OF METAMORPHOSIS INK LLC, my own private studio with my wife and apprentice.  Nothing more, nothing less.

October 2018 Attended Tampa Villian Arts Tattoo Convention

June 2018 Attended and held my second seminar at Ink Mania in St. Petersburg, Fl.

2018 The Lyn Fund and Immerman Angels, both non-profit organizations contacted and now use me as their referring artist.

June 2018 Contacted by Florida Hospital to speak at women’s group meetings.

November 2017 Featured in a two page article of Blackwerk Magazine

November 2017 asked to attend and teach my first seminar on scars and tattooing at the National Tattoo Association convention in Orlando, Fl.  which turned out to be a major success and I became a member of the NTA (national tattoo association)

September 2017 Attended first Solo convention space at Tampa Villian Arts.

November 2016 Officially made it to Moffitt Cancer Centers Tattoo Artist Referral List.  This is all they are allowed to do and since it is a small list that is a big accomplishment.

September 2016 Attended, worked and competed at Villian Arts Tattoo Convention Tampa for 3 solid days of working our craft to our best potential for the thousands who show up to be part of such an amazingly charged event.

April 2016 Began the journey to gearing my profession more specific to breast cancer and scar coverups. There is more to tattooing than just art, it’s changing lives, and allowing mine to be changed in the process.

March 2016 Accepted for a full time position with the Legacy Blue Tattoo Team, a very talented group of artist’s.

January 2016, was sought out to do a fully rendered piece of art, and sold my first poster print to Home Run Pet Services in Nashville, Tn.

October 2015 moved to Tampa, Florida to pursue our personal dreams within this industry and go mobile.

Summer of 2015, Booked for Motorhead Motorboat Cruise on Norwegian Sky for 5 days of Rock and Tattooing.  Ships are setting sail since our decision to close.

Spring of 2015, Red Tattoo Parlor closed to focus more attention on traveling, education, and being a part of a larger team.  This also gave us the freedom to take our art to the next level, and time allowance to pursue all that we didn’t have time for.  This was a wonderful thing, but am still tattooing and in the area.

Fall of 2013, Red Tattoo Parlor owners Lita and Sophi were interviewed by a Woman’s Network who would not release their name, as they were looking for an all female studio to shoot, they did not go through with this.

Summer of 2013, Red Tattoo Parlor and its staff was contacted by Spike Television for a new show “Tattoo Rescue”, in which they will renovate our studio, and work with us one-on-one to take our studio to a State-of-the-Art studio, and the best in Nashville.  We did not get this show, as we were not falling apart and rat infested.

Spring of 2013, we were featured in the April 2013 edition of The Belmont Feed.

Spring of 2013, we were featured for a 2 page spread in the April 2013 edition of Pain Magazine.

Fall of 2012, Red Tattoo Parlor became #2 in the nation on Googles Search Engine for Female/Women Tattoo Artists.

Summer of 2012, Red Tattoo Parlor and its staff was interviewed by Lion Televison for a new tattoo series, but was denied due to lack of drama.