Nicholas Beuthien

Tattoo artist with 17 years of experience, Nicholas is knowledgeable and versed in many styles of tattooing:

Going back to my start in 2003, almost all tattoos were pre-drawn designs that hung on the walls or in books on counters of your local tattoo parlor, these designs are know as “Flash” and you needed to be ready to do whatever style and technique was required for the design that was chosen, like sharp clean lines and solid black fill in for tribal or clean fine script and large block lettering, Fine line black and grey for a softer realistic feel for roses or portraits, Traditional or New School with bold lines and solid saturated color, or maybe a Japanese piece combining elements of all styles using bold lines, solid colors, and black and grey for backgrounds, no matter what style you want the artist must have a good understanding of what makes a good long lasting tattoo. Tattooing flash for many years helped me build skill, confidence and had me focus on learning how to work many types of skin and technique, it also helped me not to get stuck doing one type or style of tattoo and having all my work look the same as my last piece, it’s important to be a diverse tattoo artist, not everyone wants the same looking tattoo you did yesterday but with different subject matter, as a tattoo artist you are only limiting your skills by being comfortable.

My work takes on more of a realistic/illustrative approach while using solid fundamentals to make a long lasting tattoo, bold dark lines to thin light fine lines, solid saturated color to smooth soft shading but I like to think myself as more of a well rounded tattooer that enjoys the challenge of adapting style to the project at hand.
I grew up in Montana and started my tattoo career here but moved to Seattle to be immersed in the tattoo culture it had to offer. I worked at many shops for my first 10 years and in 2013 opened Union, a private tattoo studio focused one on one with client and artist in a comfortable environment to make a great tattoo and experience.
In 2016 I moved back to Montana splitting time between here and my shop in Seattle for the next 2 years, until in 2018 I decided to closed Union (2013-2018) and made the full time move to Montana. Since then I have greatly missed my studio and have been looking forward to finding the right space to start another chapter, it took some time but I found it! I am looking forward to sharing my beautiful space with all of you.