Beauty and Brutality

Cover-Up

2019 · arm · large scale

About this piece

This sleeve is a full arm coverup of laser-lightened tattoos, pairing contrasting symbolic opposites of delicate peonies with dripping blood, and a black pearl on the inner bicep.

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