Babona was born to immigrant parents in a longshoreman community with a population of 3. Seven, if you count the small woodland creatures that served not only as his childhood playmates, but as an occasional, delicious snack also. Babona began his artistic pursuits making tree bark effigies of the entire cast of "the waltons". john boy became a favorite subject matter from that point on. At the age of 10, Babona was sent to an upstate youth correctional facility, serving a 9 year sentence for an undisclosed "crime of passion" that is still under review by the highest appellate court in the land. Sometime shortly after, he began tattooing people as an excuse to never really have to "work" a day in his life again; "work" is used in the conventional sense we suspect. Little more is known about this dynamic figure, however loosely translated manuscripts have emerged recently that indicate that Babona prefers to let his work speak for itself. Enjoy...

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