This is my first art made since recent major surgery. A family crest for Dr Seth Gamradt MD, head of Orthopedic and Sports Medicine for USC Keck Hospital. I incorporated the USC Trojan symbol, origin and occupation symbols. I wanted to show gratitude for my shoulder repair in a way that calls upon my own skills.
I am housebound and unable to tattoo for many upcoming weeks, and I request followers if at all possible to consider commissioning me to do some art for them. I am financially in distress with scant income, and in order to meet financial obligations and return to work I ask for patronage at a distance.
I may be contacted at patfish@luckyfish.com
Michael & Bub
Another animated reel >>> from a still photo of my client/pal Michael with his new camel pet Bub. While I'm recuperating from surgery I am eager to earn a little income by making reels, please consider hiring me.
Reverse total shoulder replacement
Just had a neighbor drive me down to Los Angeles for a post-op check in with my surgeon. Staples are removed, x-rays show everything in place...... Reverse total shoulder replacement switches the joint’s ball and socket—placing a metal ball on the shoulder blade and a plastic cup on the humerus—so the deltoid can lift the arm when the rotator cuff is irreparably torn.
I'll be a month or two before fully back at work, but I am brave and persistent and will overcome this.
Meanwhile the bills do not pause: studio rent, feed for the Irish wolfhounds, mules, and the rest of the menagerie, and ordinary living costs. Income from the tattoo studio is gone until I have the arm back.
If you have ever thought of being a patron of the arts, a donation now would mean more than you know. It will keep me and the animals fed and the studio lease current until I can work again.
While I am one-armed I can still animate a photo into a short reel. If you would like something back for your charity, send me a picture (a childhood pet, a person, a place) and I will happily bring it to life and send it to you.
PayPal or Zelle: pat@luckyfish.com
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-pat-fish-recover-and-return-to-tattooing?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0gyttet5
Thank you for helping me heal so I can return to the career I love and to trail riding.
Please help me heal
I am Pat Fish, Celtic tattoo artist in Santa Barbara since 1984. On August 20 I had successful reverse total shoulder replacement at Keck Medicine of USC after an acute rotator cuff injury caused when Tobe the mule yanked back while I was putting his fly mask on.
I spent a week in the hospital and am home now, in a sling, in a lot of pain. I will be unable to tattoo for at least two to three months. The incision cut straight through my Newgrange triple spiral — one of my favorite designs to do, a 5,000-year-old symbol of energy in motion. The irony is not lost on me. I appeal to my ancestors for the strength to get through this rough patch.
Meanwhile the bills do not pause: studio rent, feed for the Irish wolfhounds, mules, and the rest of the menagerie, and ordinary living costs. Income from the tattoo studio is gone until I have the arm back.
If you have ever thought of being a patron of the arts, a donation now would mean more than you know. It will keep me and the animals fed and the studio lease current until I can work again.
While I am one-armed I can still animate a photo into a short reel. If you would like something back for your charity, send me a picture (a childhood pet, a person, a place) and I will happily bring it to life and send it to you.
PayPal or Zelle: pat@luckyfish.com
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-pat-fish-recover-and-return-to-tattooing
Thank you for helping me heal so I can return to the career I love and to trail riding.
