Ganesh Waits for the A Train

Actually, Kerry was waiting on the platform for the uptown <a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/aline.htm">A Train</a> when I walked by at 34th Street.<br /><br />How could I not stop and ask her about this tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOse6FZICvYi3OL8CgompR-JIMg9cr0t4nwcjBjDdPFqHcomNDPPMVdqcoWZHag6GaS8C3XaC3By8p0YMutmTY9BqRstPu8fnpQ-2Fqxd8ydIoOIfOKeczNAdQ4NLoYjNmb2gK4kC/s1600/Ganesh+Center.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOse6FZICvYi3OL8CgompR-JIMg9cr0t4nwcjBjDdPFqHcomNDPPMVdqcoWZHag6GaS8C3XaC3By8p0YMutmTY9BqRstPu8fnpQ-2Fqxd8ydIoOIfOKeczNAdQ4NLoYjNmb2gK4kC/s640/Ganesh+Center.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><br />This absolutely stunning depiction of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities">Hindu</a> deity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha">Ganesh</a> took between eight and nine hours to complete. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGkAbZPE4ZuZu5pW12mM43EeZfXM_n68Xj9WS1iVT5YW9P9KIF_02qqwkzzF19IydDTSwUG_dnOcCH0HSdmT9-RmU4e93aiKt8jp4h7wq_4VFigNgXtmJBfCUcdaUMdSS3FkjM83I/s1600/Ganesh+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGkAbZPE4ZuZu5pW12mM43EeZfXM_n68Xj9WS1iVT5YW9P9KIF_02qqwkzzF19IydDTSwUG_dnOcCH0HSdmT9-RmU4e93aiKt8jp4h7wq_4VFigNgXtmJBfCUcdaUMdSS3FkjM83I/s400/Ganesh+collage.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://guyursitti.com/">Guy Ursitti</a> at <a href="http://www.thickerthanwatertattoo.com/index.html">Thicker Than Water</a> is the tattooist responsible for this work of art, the newest (at the time I met her) of Kerry's approximately fifty tattoos.<br /><br />The detail in the tattoo is absolutely incredible.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwSv6vuJ3BY-Hvsry-g1iKaIauNWEDY0Vwqvy6MEQu-HgYBunD7_ismeih87rYSt9hhF4ACR7FU6IWxnUzA1cuWOWrPDarTCFMNEcV_tY9oOxRkk9nK-ThiYR3jBODVKlnE4mngOE/s1600/Ganesh+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwSv6vuJ3BY-Hvsry-g1iKaIauNWEDY0Vwqvy6MEQu-HgYBunD7_ismeih87rYSt9hhF4ACR7FU6IWxnUzA1cuWOWrPDarTCFMNEcV_tY9oOxRkk9nK-ThiYR3jBODVKlnE4mngOE/s400/Ganesh+detail.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><br />Work from Thicker Than Water has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Thicker%20Than%20Water">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Kerry for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Ganesh Waits for the A Train

Actually, Kerry was waiting on the platform for the uptown A Train when I walked by at 34th Street. How could I not stop and ask her about ...

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