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About Me

Ryan Spahr here. Dermagraphic Illustrator and all around fine artiste. I've been weilding the pencil and brush for quite some time and tattooing a little over 7 years. I just opened a new Custom Tattoo Studio in Mechanicsburg, PA and I'm rockin' classes at my community college. This should prove a very interesting year.

Black Thorn Gallery

Pictures on skin, canvas, paper, etc.

It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and people who are alive-alive. The dead-alive also write, walk, speak, act. But they make no mistakes; only machines make no mistakes, and they produce only dead things. The alive-alive are constantly in error, in search, in questions, in torment. -Yevgeny Zamyatin

My Blog

Exquisite Corpse Tattoo Grab Bag

This post is in response to my disdain for the tattoo imagery floating around out there as of late. Now I know skulls, roses, and girl heads are cool looking and fun to tattoo, hell i love tattooing t...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:51:00 GMT

Hallween Art Show Submissions!

Black Thorn Gallery is having our 2nd annual Halloween Art Show. We need spooky pictures, creepy paintings, eerie photos, and and any other Halloween inspired artwork for the show. if you have any p...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:37:00 GMT

Take a tour of my studio

This is a 360 virtual tour of Black Thorn Gallery. Just click and drag the photos to view the shop in all its gloriousness.BTG-360
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:23:00 GMT

SAILOR JERRY DAY!

Mark Saturday, July 18th on your calendars, and put a BIG OL' circle around it...Black Thorn Gallery will be hosting our first annual Sailor Jerry Day!'Sailor Jerry' Norman Collins is considered one...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:14:00 GMT

Anniversary Party!

Come out and help us celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary!We're havin' a little shindig at the shop on Sunday June 14 to show our appreciation to everyone for helping make the first year an awesome one. S...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT

Manifesto

ARtist InSurgencE   This is a manifesto.    This is a manifesto for all artists in the skin trade, meticulously uniting art and body, forever fusing skin and symbol.   This is a m...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 19:25:00 GMT

Check out this event: Robot Art Show!

Hosted By:Black Thorn GalleryWhen:Sunday, January 18, 2009Where:Black Thorn Gallery13 W Main Street Mechanicsburg17055Description:Bleep bleep, bloop ....robot..artClick Here To View Event
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:54:00 GMT

I love the muppets!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDGb78ocFbY this is so good.
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:46:00 GMT

! New Shop !

the new shop, Black Thorn Gallery, is officially open for biznass! the shop is located at 13 W Main St, Mechanicsburg, right off of the square. our hours of operation are Tues-Sat, 1-9. our phone is ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:35:00 GMT

God -Damn Germans Can Cook!

If you kids ever get a hankerin' for some kick-ass German cusine, I highly recommend you head down Abbotstown way and stop on in at the Hofbrauhaus. It may be some of the best comfort food I've ever h...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:32:00 GMT