It's always exciting to find a thriving artistic business run by a woman, one such place is Art and Soul Tattoos. 

Erika Stanley has been tattoing since 1993 and established Art and Soul Tattoo in 1996. Their myspace page has a ton of inspiring shots of her work and the other artists at the shop like Adam Kilss (who makes killer paintings too), Joby Cummings, Danny Chan, and Scott Stollar, as well as other international guests like Malika Rose and Jake Fraser. Their location, on Robertson south of Pico, always gets a weird reaction, but it's actually a cool little stretch with small local neighborhood oriented businesses, way different than the Kitson and Ivy vibe a few miles up the same street (hurl!). Erika's work spans from Japanese to traditional American, but I'm especially blown away by her pin-ups and animal portraits.

Erika in the new location, mid-move. Jake Fraser tattoing my tour manager Ed in the background!

Here's the info in case you can't get it off their myspace page, 

2600 S Robertson Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90034

(310) 202-7203

There's one on Ft. Meyers too, so don't be fooled!

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