As soon as Gene Coffey rolls up the ink-black metal gate at his tony tattoo parlor, he starts talking about his art studio.
It’s right upstairs, so when he has free time between clients, he goes there to paint.
Gene opened Coffey Shop Tattoos in September 2015.
Do you want to see it?
Follow him up the stairs and past a warren of jail-cell-like rooms until he stops at a plain black door. Inside, illuminated by a century-old skylight, the figures in his oil paintings spring to life.
In one…