Shotsie Gorman

Carl "Shotsie" Gorman (born 1951) is an American tattoo artist, painter, sculptor and poet. Gorman has been tattooing for higher than 42 years and is the co-founder of the Alliance of Professional Tattooists. As a poet, he was a second place winner of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award in 1998 for his poem "Grandpa's Kitchen Tricks."