Kristina Tafoya

Owner-Tina’s Ink

Kristina’s passion for art stems from generations of artistic talents. Her mother, Karen Whitmore, a well-known oil painter and step-father, Ron Whitmore, have been very supportive in building her artistic eye. Her father David Huckabee, an Emergency Medical Services Profession for the local college, encouraged Kristina to educate herself very specifically about human anatomy in order to better understand her trade.

She completed apprenticeships with Razor Ray in Las Vegas, New Mexico & with Coulter Prehm of Prehm Studios, a prominent portrait artist and tattooist who studied under World-Famous Tony Ryder. Kristina’s education also included various art classes from portrait/figure to contemporary and color theory, cadaver labs and required First Aid, CPR, Blood-born & Air-born pathogen courses.