Back in the day, I was always hanging around the tattooing scene in Ottawa, Ontario and over the years had made many good friends in the industry (living both in Canada and Japan), so when I picked up the pencil again after many years, it seemed a very natural thing to approach my old friend Dave Nicholson about entering the field.
After a two year apprenticeship at Highlander Tattoo in Prince George, B.C., I settled into the trade and in the years since,have moved back to Vancouver to see my horizons broaden, to experience more of the diversity that the tattooing world has to offer, and of course to learn more about my trade. Every day brings these things to me in the form of happy, freshly tattooed clients of all shapes, sizes and colors.
Working at Dutchman Tattoos is the culmination of a lot of hard work and has brought me an even greater appreciation for what I do,as the amount of influence and intensity present in this place can't help but have a powerful impact on my work. I look forward to many more years of this mad adventure,and hope that many of you will come along.....

E-mail - Ian's email is for correspondence only. For appointment, please call the shop at 604 522 5155.