"The quest is to arrange pigment on a flat surface and make the viewer feel as strongly as I feel when I look into the eyes of a Carravaggio or a Van Gogh, to speak where language falls short."

--Suzanne M. Shifflett

Nationally acclaimed San Francisco artist, Suzanne M. Shifflett, makes her Southern California debut at Flazh!Alley Studio with her latest series, "Inked Hearts: The Tattoo Portrait Series."

A professional tattoo artist, Ms. Shifflett uses her experience with art on skin to paint a strikingly sensual and evocative series revealing intimate values of the aficionados of the "indelible ink."

Ms. Shifflett is currently using her many artistic talents producing character designs for a new project for Wes Anderson, director of Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited.