User:KristinaWestBEst/Angelique Houtkamp

Angelique Houtkamp is a Dutch tattoo artist, painter and shoe designer, living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Biography
Angelique Houtkamp started drawing and painting when she was thirty and describes her work as being deceptively simple, instantly recognisable and often humorous, classic old school tattoo imagery mixed with mythological dreams, antropomorphed critters, nautical iconography and haunting Hollywood romance by way of a distinctive painterly style. .

Work
Her first book, 'Tattoo Darling' was published by Outré in 2007 which features her paintings and tattoo design. Her second book, 'Tattoo Mystique' is also published by Outré and is being released October 2009.