Kristen Goetz is a Long Island based tattoo artist, illustrator, and painter. She is known for her high contrast color work as well as her bold black and grey. Tattooing since 2003 , her illustrative compositions have been widely received and featured in numerous international publications. A classically trained artist with a background in illustration from The School of Visual Arts, Kristen has honed her art skills to produce award winning tattoos that lie somewhere between realism and the fantastic.
Kristen has always been drawn to nature, history and the occult, and a lot of those influences can be found in her work. In April 2018 she opened Palo Santo Tattoo, a private studio in the historic town of Sayville, NY. Palo Santo was designed with the intention of bringing nature and spirituality together to create a calm, positive environment. Here she creates one of a kind, beautifully crafted tattoos and offers
her 20 year expertise and professionalism in her conceptual development, application, and aftercare. Palo Santo also carries Dark Hollow Apothecary candles, occult items
such as incense, candles, books, and herbs, tattoo numbing cream as well as various vegan tattoo aftercare products.
Kristen has always been drawn to nature, history and the occult, and a lot of those influences can be found in her work. In April 2018 she opened Palo Santo Tattoo, a private studio in the historic town of Sayville, NY. Palo Santo was designed with the intention of bringing nature and spirituality together to create a calm, positive environment. Here she creates one of a kind, beautifully crafted tattoos and offers
her 20 year expertise and professionalism in her conceptual development, application, and aftercare. Palo Santo also carries Dark Hollow Apothecary candles, occult items
such as incense, candles, books, and herbs, tattoo numbing cream as well as various vegan tattoo aftercare products.
