This summer I am doing $60 palm size Roses to celebrate my new move to The City of Roses…Portland Oregon. Email me if you’re interested.
Also gearing up for My Autumn Project & looking for about 8 women to be involved. From Paper to Skin. Taking my artwork to the next level. Check back for more details or email me to chat a bit about it if interested.
I’m at Sellwood Tattoos Saturday & Monday 12-7 & Sunday 12-6. Appointments are best. EMAIL me at saramaetattooer@yahoo.com
Just posting some tattoos I did a while ago, & some new art…
So it goes… the months pass & so do the seasons. Living here the past 6 months already I see a change in everything I do. I am enjoying the lovely weather here in the City of Roses and making the most of my time, hiking with my loves, drinking coffee & a ton of art. I do not miss Texas weather one bit! Bring on all the Spring & Summer growth… So expect to see all my art filled with flowers, my wreaths change with the seasons, and my blackwork skip a beat.
Portland is welcoming Autumn & I am psyched. I do not miss much about Texas at all, in-fact outside of some of the amazing folks I have tattooed over the years, friends, & the donkey (Trixie & the horses from the field behind our old home), I admit to missing ~ not much. I am loving the long days here, walking/exploring with my fur baby & just taking an easy~ I haven’t been here long, but I am transitioning just fine….art, roses, walking, & lunch, can’t beat it….
These lovely, simply beautiful Roses ~are from the Test Rose Garden…Another amazing gem in the city is the Peninsula Rose Park Garden only a few long blocks from my home.
& then my days are filled with things around our new home, thanks to my love, Joe I am able to take some time to myself & really fall in love with Portland.
finished these three cool pieces right before moving as well…This half sleeve belongs to my buddy, Paul. I’ve had the fuckin’ best people come thru my life thru tattooing, this piece & Paul & his wife, Pam are no exception. By far one one my favorites.
go big or definitely go home….
my dear friend, Suni is obsessed with Marie Antoinette, so here’s my version of her.
Brittany Renee what can I say this chick she’s been a great friend for so many years & one of my best works of Art. Thanks Lady, miss ya!
Just a few tattoos I finished right before moving. 
Cool warrior pinup on my buddy, Tyler. Really love this one.
Part of Lauren’s botanical piece. Some fresh, some healed. Really dig this lovely piece, had a blast doing it, look forward to doing more like this in the future. Amy’s amazing leg pieces, two large ‘forget me not’ bushes & some lovely lily’s on the other, so beautiful, & on one of my dear friends. The lil’ birdie with all the Peonies belongs to Theresa, the antique Rose belongs to her as well…
This bitch’n piece belongs to my buddy, Chris. Meet & finished his arm just a couple months before I moved, he had the Koi fish, waves, & small cherry blossom flowers. I added all the rest & redid the older tattoos for him to fit what we were doing. I can’t say enough about how cool this piece was doing & hanging out with Chris, really love this piece. (a small cover-up involved)
A few years ago Christie came into my shop, she had heard about me thru a friend. She’s a nurse & had always wanted a pinup of sorts to represent her journey. I was psyched to draw her something, this is what we came up with & right before moving I was able to finish it for her. This piece just tells a story. That’s one of my best enjoyments about tattooing. The Stories being told on the Skin.
many years have been spent here in Texas. I have had so many amazing folks come in & out of my life over the years. One of the bonuses about being a tattooer is that you all have entered my life & that wouldn’t had any other way. I have tattooed in this area a really long time & honestly I am truly ready for a change. I have never fallen in love with Round Rock & have pushed myself beyond what it can offer me as an artist, but with that being said, I thank my many loyal friends who have allowed me to tattoo them with my art, so many thanks & much love to you all.
So you’re wandering what is Sara Mae going to do. Portland, Oregon is calling my name. My husband, Joe has worked up there for many years with his company, but he & I have been thinking about moving for awhile now, after visiting the City Of Roses my mind was made up quick that I could really fall in love with this lovely City, so we are going to give it a go.
My shop will be closing mid May… it’s soon, but much needed. I have been dreaming of a much greener life for awhile now for myself & fur baby, Bukowski. I have missed walking, hiking, nature, florals outside of Texas for years so I am very happy.
Again, thanks my texas friends, I will keep Southern Hospitality’s website for awhile, but keeping updated thru my blog & personal site is best. I’m looking forward to my new life in Oregon with my family….
So at times my husband has the worst time trying to convenience me to go places. When I was younger I hard a time keeping still… through-out my early teens even into my late 20’s I always seeked out moving….but now with my fur baby & shop I have stayed still for so long, & in the coming months, year I plan on changing that more & more….for our 10th anniversary we flew to Asheville, I have never been & I had to leave my fur baby, Bukowski for 8 days….really fuckin’ difficult, but we had a great time & here are a few places you should defiantly visit…
Izzzy’s Coffee Den…yes! Do not, I repeat Do not let the strange birds that hangout at the Den scare you away, this place is hands down the best coffee I had there….also get a bagel with their jalapeno cream cheese, so delish…plus some of the best service hands down….Over Easy breakfast cafe is wow…you will not be disappointed, the food, the service, the mimosa’s made with apple ice cubes really!! also worth the wait this place is super small….The Plant –this is a plant based inspired restaurant with amazing ideas….the cheese plate is the best…..All Souls Pizzeria, really amazing…the Clingman Cafe for coffee as you wander around the amazing miles of warehouses & storefronts that house the artists in the artists district…this area of Asheville is really a progressive area, still industrial, but building up with many business’s trying their hands, I will be very interested in seeing this part of the city in the next 5 years.
Biltmore Estate….the grounds & conservatory are truly fuckin’ amazing so many flowers & richness to the estate….they were so far ahead of the game back then, wishes came truly easy for that family…
So would I visit again yes, would I consider moving there maybe, there’s alot going on for artists there for sure…tattoo shops are slim & in really close proximity to each other. I have come to not consider it odd that so many artists are not supportive or humble to others, but that’s another story altogether & another time….
I didn’t draw the whole time I was away, but took pictures, enjoyed nature & celebrating 10 years with Joe, my Sailor who guides my ship….thanks for the years & for the rest in this sometimes bumpy journey…..
Biltmore during the day…
at night is was a sight…Biltmore christmas
outside the home…on the grounds.
part of the grounds many statues….I found this one so beautiful….
tis the season at the Biltmore….
the conservatory….
shuffle a few things around & I could live in this amazing place….
so lovely…
inside garden…
so much lovely foliage…
could sit in here for hours…
such a beautiful building….
everywhere you look lil’ details….
outside the air was chilly, the sky low, & the flowers trying to hold onto it’s last breathe…dead or alive I find them ever so lovely…
all is not lost in winter…
my love….
our next trip will be Portland at the end of March keep an eye out for my travels, parts of my life outside of tattooing & art…& then a shitload of art & tattoos…..Never Mourning…..
february is only day’s away from biting the dust & march comes in…I love this month not only, because it’s my birthday month, but have always found it to be vicious….somedays cold others like spring, a vicious cycle for mother nature trying to decide how she feels….this month tattooing has been good to me lots of lovely ladies letting me do my florals & birdies which I do love so…also getting tattooed myself..I love art…on paper, canvass, the skin, it’s what keeps me above float in this ever trying world….here are a few things I have created this month. thank you February…..
peonies please….part of a much larger piece…
black-eyed susan…part of the botanical garden I’m working on with my friend Lauren, thanks lady!
I will tattoo flowers all day, you don’t have to ask me twice…
my victorian inspired reaper/back-side
I love 17th/18th century etching…& I love the victorian era patterns, so this reaper is inspired for my love of those things…on my buddy, paul…
part of my lil’ shop….made the lil’ birdie with the strawberries….
robin’s lovely chrysamthemum & birdie…
more peonies & birdies in progress on theresa…
lovely garden in progress….
thank you, february…
garden in progress
chrysamthemum & black bird in progress
front view of chrysamthemum & black bird
magnolia in progress, part of a much larger piece
dutch inspired roses w/ tons of leafage…
never mourning
here another year has begun & I feel like I am still stuck in last year mode. My intentions of getting up early, working out, drawing more & so on…..well I am making slow steps towards all that, & all the while tattooing & making art. My fur baby is still amazing, my husband still amazing, clients still amazing so onward with 2015….
anchor/compass all finished…
garden in progress, on Lauren, many more sessions to go but off to a great start. peonies, black eyes susan’s, lilac & much wonderful leafage…
