Courtney Ryno

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My most recent tattoo is a traditional Japanese geisha girl wrapped in a kimono and her breast exposed. I have created a huge love for Japanese traditional work so I wanted something traditional but had to put my own twist on it exposing her breast because that’s just me.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

I am complex and have a story to tell. I have a true love for art, colors and aesthetic. Some tattoos have a huge meaning to me like for my mother who passed in 2017 from a brain tumor, tattoos for my children, symbolism for a certain time or event my life.. and some are just tattoos I have collected from artist I admire, inspiration from pottery, art that I love or even paintings. I am more interested in tattoos that mean something to me rather than the rest of the world understanding them.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would put it towards my college fund. I am currently in school working on my bachelors in community psychology and my masters in marriage and family therapy. I am going to be a marriage and family therapist.