Hi - I'm Kathy Cooke. Artwork has been something my life revolved around since I was a child. I was handed a machine from two close friends, and they were my first human canvases. I immediately fell in love with tattooing and it quickly became my favourite medium. That was back in 1991, and I have hardly put down the gun.

I cut my teeth in Toronto at Abstract Arts Tattoos & The Lower East Side Tattoo Studios. I opened my own shop, Life Itself, in 1999 at 5 Dunlop St. East in Barrie, Ontario. In recent years I slowed down to have two beautiful children and to (finally), update my website ~ sorry folks for leaving it on the backburner for (YIKES!) five years?! I also got married and am now Kathy Cooke (formerly Kathy Body). New year's 2008 I moved to a new location - 100 Penetang St. in Barrie minutes from downtown, and now work by appointment only; 705-733-8969.

Thanks to everyone who have gotten me to where I am today, my brothers in "arms"

Damian McGrath, Tattoo Jeff, Stu Kay, Bruce Smuck, Steve Gilbert, Darren Boode, Stan Wong, Dave Petrecic, Danny Day, Bill Reid, Rob MacDonald, Cory Cooper & Turtle. You all taught me something. Still my tattoo hero, Filip Leu. My friends, Dana & Andrzej for making my website and always being there for me. My friend, my husband, Chris.

This website is currently undergoing a complete rebuild. Everything prior to 2003 will still be available but will be archived. Look for the new site to be online in the spring of 2009. Keep watching!