Leah Prescott: Visual Artist

I seek to create art that serves as a guide, forcing the viewer into a journey of self-exploration.

I followed Alex Gray and his ideas to visionary art, and i followed my heart and intuition to Bruce Washburn and tattooing, and now life is showing me that they are actually one and the same. Visionary Tattooing is my calling.

"The artist's mission is to make the soul perceptible. Our scientific, materialist culture trains us to develop the eyes of outer perception. Visionary art encourages the development of our inner sight. To find the visionary realm, we use the intuitive inner eye: The eye of contemplation; the eye of the soul. All the inspiring ideas we have as artists originate here.

The artist attempts to make inner truths visible, audible, or sensible in some way, by manifesting them in the external, material world (through drawing, painting, song, etc.). To produce their finest works, artists lose themselves in the flow of creation from their inner worlds. The visionary artist creatively expresses her or his personal glimpses of the Divine Imagination."

I want to help people to find their truths. help them to look inside themselves and see something more than what they thought was there. Using the act of tattooing we create a sacred space where the client has the opportunity to face what's really inside themselves. Like going to a country where you don't speak the language, you start to really pay attention to other things like body language, and tone of voice. Your awareness is heightened to pick up any details that will clue you in as to what is happening in a completely foreign situation. This is what tattooing does, it takes you out of your comfort zone and forces you to pay attention. This is not mundane, it is an invitation to tune in and see what's really there under the surface.


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Places I have traveled:
Vietnam
South Korea
Israel
Bulgaria
Italy (4 times, once for 9 months)
France (twice)
Poland
Denmark (twice, first for 4 months, second for 6 weeks)
Sweden
Iceland (lived for 10 months)
England
Scotland
Bon Aire
Trinidad
Canada
USA (20+ states)