The Tattoo Artist

They said Adam Pograzski was mad but what did they know?. They also said Van Gogh was crazy but now his works sell for millions. When it comes to art, you can do whatever you please as long as it is unique. Look at Tracey Emins’s ‘unmade bed’ which wowed the arts world, not to mention her bank balance. If Adam tried to do that he would be laughed out of the art college.
 
But his current work was going to make the critics sit up and take notice.  He had already worked out the design and his blank canvas lay before him. The naked girl was stretched out on the narrow bed that he had made especially for this purpose. Her arms and feet were tightly bound to its four corner posts and a gag securely fastened over her mouth. He hated hearing them screaming when he was working. He put on his earphones, turned on his ipod and found his favourite track. It was Chopin’s Ballade No.1 in G, which he found very calming. 
 
There was a look of animal terror in the girls hazel eyes as they looked at him, not knowing what to expect. Then they widened as she took in the needle gun of the tattoo equipment. She desperately looked for an escape but he had seen all this before. He knew there was no escape, and in time the girl would know it too. But it was only when her eyes fell on an earlier canvas did they scream a long silent scream.