Skin Illustrations

Frequently now we hear stories about the wunderkind who drops out of art school to become and overnight ink-slingin sensation. Far fewer these days are stories of apprenticing in the school of hard knocks where scarred knuckles, fast bikes, and faster women are the rule of the day. Rick Harnowski's story is a classic of old-school tattooing that harkens back to those carefree, cheerful days. Now 56 years old, his story stars in the old country. I was born in Glowgow, Poland in 1952 and came to the U. S. In 1963 at the age of 11, Harnowski said. My mom was Czech and my dad was Lithuanian.