{"id":2494,"date":"2024-05-22T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:19:57","slug":"immortalizing-maggie-the-story-behind-the-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/es\/immortalizing-maggie-the-story-behind-the-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmortalizando a Maggie: la historia detr\u00e1s del tatuaje"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2494\" class=\"elementor elementor-2494\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f46ca3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f46ca3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immortalizing Maggie:<br>The Story Behind The Tattoo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e30f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a4e30f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-147882f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2500\" alt=\"Immortalizing Maggie: The Story Behind The Tattoo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/josecontreras-art-animal-tattoo-artist-realism.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-816d585\" data-id=\"816d585\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14fa33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b14fa33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed621fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ed621fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sinceramente, nunca pens\u00e9 que me har\u00eda otro tatuaje hasta que una amiga m\u00eda se hizo uno de sus hermosos curanderos azules cuando falleci\u00f3. Ese d\u00eda supe que cuando Maggie falleciera tendr\u00eda su imagen en m\u00ed en alguna parte.<\/p><p>This little dog is our world. She is with my wife and I everywhere we go. She has literally traveled the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c4307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"69c4307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1134671 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1134671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everywhere from the Florida Keys, Miami, Telluride, Denver, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Carmel, Seattle , Hawaii and Alaska to name a few highlights in the US. She has also traveled outside the US to the Cayan Islands, Cabo San Lucas, San Miquel de Allende, Paris, Italy and her favorite place Costa Rica. She has given so much to us and I wanted to make sure she was able to continue traveling with me even after she left us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c84657f elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"c84657f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"La parte m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de tener un perro es que sus vidas son demasiado cortas y un tatuaje es una excelente manera de mantenerlos con nosotros\".\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469adfc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"469adfc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La parte m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de tener un perro es que sus vidas son demasiado cortas y un tatuaje es una excelente manera de mantenerlos con nosotros.<\/p><p>Con el paso de los a\u00f1os comenc\u00e9 a ver algunos tatuajes incre\u00edbles tanto de personas como de mascotas. Comenc\u00e9 a tomar notas del artista para estar listo cuando llegara el d\u00eda. Justo cuando pensaba que hab\u00eda visto el tatuaje perfecto, ve\u00eda a alguien haci\u00e9ndolo mejor. Empec\u00e9 a emocionarme porque no ser\u00eda solo un monumento conmemorativo, sino posiblemente una obra de arte incre\u00edble que me encantar\u00eda ver todos los d\u00edas, pero todav\u00eda no hab\u00eda hecho ninguna conexi\u00f3n significativa.<\/p><p>Cuando a Maggie, que ahora tiene 15 a\u00f1os, le diagnosticaron su tercer c\u00e1ncer, decid\u00ed que quer\u00eda hacerme el tatuaje antes de que falleciera. Empec\u00e9 a buscar realmente al artista adecuado. Pas\u00e9 por un par de artistas realmente buenos pero simplemente no me parecieron bien y luego me top\u00e9 con el trabajo de Jos\u00e9. Vi muchas piezas suyas geniales, pero cuando vi un Pug que hab\u00eda hecho y luego le\u00ed su historia y su pasi\u00f3n por las mascotas, supe que era la persona adecuada.<\/p><p>Las relaciones son importantes para m\u00ed. Son los que hacen que la comida sepa deliciosa y que los viajes sean m\u00e1s significativos. <strong><em>When I met Jose and Ron<\/em><\/strong> I knew I was in the right place. They are lifelong friends and made me feel at home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-602bd5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"602bd5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d94e6b\" data-id=\"7d94e6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2008c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2008c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-tattoo-dallas-austin.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2929\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-tattoo-dallas-austin.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-tattoo-dallas-austin-183x300.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-tattoo-dallas-austin-7x12.jpeg 7w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb8cedf\" data-id=\"cb8cedf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-599bc4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"599bc4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-dallas-tattoo-austin.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2930\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-dallas-tattoo-austin.jpeg 431w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-dallas-tattoo-austin-183x300.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jose-contreras-art-dallas-tattoo-austin-7x12.jpeg 7w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da72f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0da72f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c933d8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c933d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The session was great and Jose allowed me to be myself and really open up about how important Maggie was to me. My expectations were very high and when that happens I usually experience some level of disappointment. That was not the case with Jose. His finished product exceeded my expectations. I not only have my girl with me forever but I also tell everyone with pride how awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/josecontrerasart.com\/es\/portfolio-black-and-grey-realism-tattoo-artist-in-dallas-austin-plano-frisco-texas\/\">Jose was<\/a>.<\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Inmortalizando a Maggie: la historia detr\u00e1s del tatuaje<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ad9a2a0\" data-id=\"5ad9a2a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571c4f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"571c4f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 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