We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Alexa Loch a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alexa , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.

The biggest risk I ever took was quitting my corporate job to be a full-time tattoo artist. Not even a year ago I was working as a waitress at a fine dining restaurant here in the Galleria of Houston. From the time I turned 18, I’ve always worked in the food/drink industry and have always spent countless hours and nights studying menus making sure I knew most if not all. Of course I always did art on the side and always dreamed of pursuing it as a career, but money was tight and I was afraid of failure within my own work. (Unfortunately) one night, I got into a really bad car accident and broke my left collarbone and it put me out of work for 6 months. I’ve always used my left arm to carry the server tray and since bills don’t stop, I had to find a different job while being on rest. About 3 months into recovery, I found a shop in the west side of Houston who hired me on the spot and didnt know I had a broken collarbone, and luckily it never affected my work. I would tattoo from 12pm-12am and then put my cast on afterwards. It was definitely a slow recovery to say the least, but the recognition I was getting was worth more than the money I had gained. I quit my waitress job shortly after and have been pursuing my art career ever since.

Alexa , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Alexa Loch but everyone calls me Lex and I’m from Houston, Texas. I won my first art prize in 3rd grade and have been drawing ever since. I am familiar with street art, acrylic/oil on canvas, and permanent body art. My favorite thing about what I do are my clients, they always challenge/inspire me and help me stay out of my comfort zone. I am proud to do what I do and I want to continue inspiring people that sometimes it’s better to follow your heart than follow your mind.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

Supporting on personal social media is top tier support in my opinion because people trust their locals more than anything.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Cool concept but the world still seems to be grounded rather than in the meta verse so it’ll take a while for sure. Once NFTs do become a thing, I feel like it will give a lot of people especially non-creatives a way to be creative. Some in a get rich way and some in an appreciative way if that makes sense.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @lexxuryy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071684464350&mibextid=LQQJ4d
• Other: Personal Instagram: @oo.fuk