About Old Marine Arts Group:

We opened Old Marine Arts Group in September 2024. It was quite a journey from preparing the premises, being awarded our Licence to Practice, to opening the studio and introducing ourselves to the diverse, vibrant local community.

We are a partnership of three: Victor RocMed, TomCatTatt and Julie Russell.

We each bring different skills, with Victor having spent more than half his adult life as a tattoo artist.

Tom has studied art since his teenage years and side-stepped into a law career before realising that creative artwork was the way to go for him.

Julie worked for many years in clinical microbiology and business management, and is also a writer. She loves managing the studio, meeting clients and curating the artwork, but admits to having limited artistic skills herself!