14. Mike Chasco- Centennial Tattoo

Chasco is a very versatile tattoo artist at Centennial Tattoo. He has his bachelor’s in Fine Art which has even further his painting and drawing skills and converted them into a very unique tattoo style. He takes a lot of pride in being creative which makes him work with his clients pretty easily and create one-of-a-kind designs that they will be proud of. He works in Centennial Tattoo where he has some of the most prestigious clients and best works he has ever created. He is one of the youngest tattoo artists in the group.

Amanda, another great tattoo artist at the studio ha been working in Centennial Tattoo since 2008 but has been tattooing since 2005… She has been an artist for as long as she can remember. She would stay up at night when she was a child drawing all through the night. As an adult now, she has made her living through art and has even enrolled herself at Fort Lewis College in Colorado to pursue an art program. Two years later, she finished her degree in Colorado and graduated with a degree in fine arts from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Roller Derby became a huge part of Amanda’s life and she got influenced by him. This is where she started falling in love with tattooing. She met some tattoo artists from a local tattoo shop and spent training for tattooing under Steve Bauer in Colorado Springs. Then she moved to Denver and started tattooing with an internationally ranked team of artists and worked for Tribal Riles in Boulder, Colorado. After Boulder, she moved her home to Salida. With loads of people and a roller derby league where she could skate, she found herself amongst the greatest community. Thus she has been working in Centennial Tattoo ever since.

Adam, another tattoo artist at Centennial Tattoo says that he has been into art since he was a child. His mom is not surprised because she says as a child Adam would draw all over walls and his clothes at home. He belongs to new jersey but moves to colorado for his studies in 1998 and for most of his time did snowboarding and camping. A few years later he landed himself in a training program with a teacher in Bellingham, Washington where he learned the art of tattooing in 2001. He has been improving his skill ever since and his experience has been crafted through his travels and meeting new people from every walks of life. He is happily settled in the city of Salida and has a huge clientele now.