Today we’d like to introduce you to Andy Gomez.
Hi Andy, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I started doing art as a teenager in Peru. It was a way to express my feelings and what was happening in my life at that time, specially with my parents divorced. It was just a hobby, nothing that I thought was going to take me this far. Then I came to this country and it became something I was good at. Started drawing and painting and helped to learn the language and have something fun to do. I did that for quite a few years. I became good but I didn’t know it until I started my tattoo life. Then I saw all the potential I had, it made me more confident in my art and about a year ago I applied at a gallery in Virginia and now Im a full time tattoo artist and painter.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It’s been up and down. I never went to school for this, so many times I got frustrated with the process and how things were turning out but at the same time it was me pushing me to do and be better. It was a long stady road and it is still up and down since I want to do more and learn more styles and medium. It will never end and Im happy for it.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
As a painter one of the things that I love the most is that even tho I never had a gallery experience or had a degree on anything I was able to be accepted at a gallery, competing with others and still be good at it with just my effort and skills. I am also a full time tattoo artist (deadfishink) and that brings my art into skin on a different level. I can do many styles on skin and canvas, and that is something no many people can say. The couple of things that make me proud is that I am where I am thanks to me and all the hours of learning and making mistakes, that I have my own business and that recently I did my first debuted as a featured artist at the gallery and now this interview. This is something I will talk about for a long while.
We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
To me is more a feeling of doing good after so much work. I look for it every day. After a tattoo and a client is happy, success. After drawing something and everything lineup perfectly, success. After doing a new technique and it comes out better than expected, success. It doesn’t have to happen every day, but I look for it every day.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.deadfishink.com
- Instagram: deadfishink
- Facebook: deadfishink
