About Paco | The Red X

“Art is medicine for the soul.”

My name is Paco.

I am the artist behind The Red X.

I used to tattoo for a living...

but tattooing was never going to satisfy my inner artist.

I needed to go deeper than the skin.

I needed something that pierced my soul.

I put down the tattoo machine and picked up a brush...

and suddenly it was like my soul had a voice.

I paint to process, to heal, to leave something real behind.

My visions not perfect, and neither is my past... but I show up anyway.

Because I believe art is medicine.

And maybe... you’re here to heal as well.