
Geoff Ostling, 65, spent 15 years having the colourful artwork “All the flowers of a Sydney garden” tattooed from his neck to his ankles.
“I wanted something unique, so I thought about a garden of plants, of natives and imported flowers, what you would find in a Sydney garden with a distant view of the city from Heartbreak Hill,” he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph.
“To donate skin is not the most amazing thing in the world but the tattoos are revolutionary.”
Mr Ostling, a retired history teacher who did not get his first tattoo until he was in his forties, worked with artist eX de Merci on the design. The completed work now covers his back, chest, arms, legs and buttocks.















