![]() “She’s as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside,” Longo said. Longo, with his wealth of industry experience, said Malarkey is a good candidate to represent the artistic community on a grand scale because of her work ethic and her kind disposition. Obscure said Malarkey’s national exposure has also made people focus on the wide pool of talent in Northeastern Pennsylvania across all aspects of artistic expression. “It’s given people in our area an appreciation for how important art is in the world and for people to be a little more open minded about it in our area.” “It brings a magnifying glass to the entire area,” Obscure said. Owner of Kingston tattoo studio Holier Than Thou, Austina Obscure agreed with Longo. Ron Russo (owner of Wilkes-Barre’s 570 Tattooing Co.) has earned a big, big name for himself. In Scranton, there’s Jo Santos at Art Rage (Tattoo). “This whole area has a lot of hidden gems,” Longo said. Longo said Malarkey’s victory shines a light on a greater artistic community that is full of talented and hard working artists. “She’s accomplished more in the four years or so she’s been tattooing than pretty much anyone I’ve ever come across,” Longo said. Longo’s intuition was accurate, as Malarkey has not only succeeded on “Ink Master” but has grown her private practice on a yearly basis. “I still have a text message I sent her in 2011 saying she was an excellent artist, and I thought she was going to do very well in the tattoo industry.” “When I met her, I looked at her drawings, and I was really impressed with how good she actually was,” Longo said. Malarkey said Longo was encouraging to her during her development as a tattoo artist, even buying one of her paintings early on in her career. ![]() He recently returned from the inaugural International Puerto Rican Tattoo convention, where he was a guest judge. ![]() He now owns houses in Drums and Hillborough, N.J., and he is the owner of Town Hall Tattoo in the Wyoming Valley Mall. Longo became acquainted with Northeastern Pennsylvania during a long run of emceeing the Inkin’ The Valley Tattoo Convention during its 20-year existence from 1994 to 2013. The majority of his body is an homage to nearly 40 years of traveling, meeting renowned artists and exercising his passion for art in its various mediums. In the wake of her victory on a national stage, local artists and industry professionals weighed in on Malarkey’s accomplishments and on the quietly booming artistic community from which she rose.Ĭhris Longo is an internationally known tattoo collector. In recent Times Leader interviews, the 29-year-old Shavertown artist has stressed the importance of her support system and the camaraderie of the arts community around her in helping her along the way to the coveted title. ![]() Ryan Ashley Malarkey’s ascension to Ink Master on Tuesday night on the Spike TV show of the same name was an individual accomplishment, based on the merit of her talent and grit, and a first for her gender in the tattoo industry.īut, as Malarkey has repeatedly stressed, it was also a victory for Northeastern Pennsylvania. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.
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