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About Me

My claim to fame is not how good I am but how fantastically good the folks I've taught to tattoo, have become. Among them are Chris Trevino, Shawn DeGan, Dave Lum, and Troy Curry. Some of the best in the world. I learned the art from John Stuckey in the mid 70's in Houston. I opened Tattooing by Bob and Leslie in Austin in '78. We sold it to Dave Lum in '84 and hit the road for a couple of years, tattooing our way across America and Canada. We opened Perfection Tattoo in San Antonio in '86. There I taught Chris and Shawn the sacred art and later sold them the shop. Chris moved to Austin and bought the shop from Dave, renaming it Chris Trevino's Perfection Tattoo. I am now divorced and back tattooing in Austin with Chris at Perfection, happy and free. The circle is complete.

My Interests

Art and Adrenaline. Tattooing is and was my first passion. (I drew kid's initials on their arms for lunch money in second grade). I sometimes feel that I am an artist, but really I'm more of a craftsman. I love translating other folk's art into a beautiful tattoo. There's no better satisfaction than hearing someone say, "It's exactly what I wanted! I love it! Thank you!" There's no better high. Adrenaline pretty much speaks for itself. Kayaking, rafting, cliff diving, exploring, caving, hang gliding, surfing, bouldering, etc are things I once did and still do as the aging body will permit. Suggestions? Ideas?

I'd like to meet:

Jacques Cousteau, Cat Stevens, Cormac McCarthy, Pinky Yun, Greg Irons, and Filip Leu.

Music:

most

Movies:

Better than they ever were, now that nothing's impossible. Also the great equalizer. Bill Gates can't get a better movie experience than I.

Television:

nope

Books:

I devour 'em

Heroes:

My parents and grandparents. They were all good, strong, brave people. Hard examples to try and live up to.

My Blog

The Entrepreneur

Money wasn’t the easiest thing to come by when I was a kid in 1950’s Lubbock, Texas. We had a 15 acre farm, raisin’ alfalfa. Fifteen acres would be a lot to have to mow, but it was...
Posted by Doctor Bob on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:27:00 PST

Grindhouse

Easter 2007GrindhouseA much ballyhooed Quentin Tarantino- Robert Rodriguez collaboration. It promised to be a wildly popular movie. I arrived at the theater early to be assured a good seat. Soon a...
Posted by Doctor Bob on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:59:00 PST

The Tomb of the Three Sisters

Local high school legend held that if you drove up to the Tomb of the Three Sisters in the Old Cemetery around midnight, honked three times and blinked your lights twice, the three sisters would rise ...
Posted by Doctor Bob on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:56:00 PST

All the Pretty Horses

I was almost in a movie. They liked the picture of me and Caesar, my 2200 pound, palomino Belgian Draft, in the prime of his life, lean and muscular. The top of his rump was taller than me. He was...
Posted by Doctor Bob on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:42:00 PST

Nicknames

We rarely choose them. They are usually thrust upon us willy-nilly, with or without our approval.My dad's was bestowed upon him while still an infant. He peed on his brother during a diaper change a...
Posted by Doctor Bob on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:52:00 PST