Mike Shanti Painting

Visual Artist, Hot Head, Lovabale Grouch, and Dog Lover. Multi-Disciplinary Art in Subject Matter: Sin & Salvation, Redemption& Damnation, Polarities, Saints and Sinners, Hero Worship ​ Biography: In the year of 1723 on a full moon by the waters of Gitchygoomee, an entity was summoned atop the hill tops causing a seismic shift on planet earth. This force of nature would become known to many as Henry Hate.  A protege to famed Circus Impresario  P.T. Barnum and Aleister Crowley. In his formative years he would make "art films" for the likes of Andy Warhol, whom he was heavily influenced by and cinema auteur Kenneth Anger. Classic titles as The Crisco Disco Fiasco, and Gladys The Groovy Mule Gets Down wowed barely their audiences. Leaving over money disputes and a unpaid gambling debt that caused an internal affairs investigation into the CIA.  Mr Hate hit the high road with a gaggle of excommunicated Mormon sex freaks, a school bus, and Ayahuasca Shaman. The journey to find himself and his respect lasted all but two weeks that rocked the Catholic Church and a local Piggly Wiggly in deep rooted scandal.  Once again raising the bar on  shameless self promotion. Le Haine as he is known in Gay Paris, invented a dance that rocked both Soul Train and American Bandstand youth. The result was a well known chain of  ice cream stores to name a desert after him.  Broke with no money he found himself vacationing at the famed resort The Spawn Ranch trading sexual favors  for room and board. It was a eventful summer night when he refused to "go for a ride", that resulted in the Tate/LaBiance murders.  He now makes art for all in all forms of medias and disciplines. ​ Henry Hate is a American visual artist & tattoo artist who's work is both seen on the street and and walls world wide. He escaped family life and joined the army, but never took to authority.  He was to enroll at Savannah Collage of Art & Design to study Illustration, when he found himself working in a brothel to help pay the bills. Early on in his career he found himself working for Durk Dehner of The Tom Of Finland Foundation while broke in Hollywood. Henry took an a tattoo apprenticeship at Funny Farm Tattoo in Silver Lake Los Angeles, while also working in the adult film industry y.