Rarotonga Island. Cook Island. Polynesia. Tattooist. One of the places where we can get a tattoo in the Cook Island is in the Punanga Nui Markets. Clive Nicholas is a talented and gifted tattoo artist like many others who have the natural flair and creativity of Polynesian Art.  Clive is of Cook Islands, Samoan, Tahitian and NZ Maori decent which his family acknowledges and is very proud of. Clive was born on the beautiful Island of Rarotonga and raised in the land of the long white clouds of Aotearoa in the mean streets of Otara. Clive was brought back to the islands by his parents at the age of 9 and attended the only Catholic Schools on the island St Joseph’s primary and Nukutere College. Clive has a very strong faith in Christ and only works weekdays and Saturday. Balance is a major factor for Clive. He has to juggle between family, work, sports and family. God and family is what he lives by and tattooing is his passion.  Clives introduction into the art of tattooing came from his brother Boye who is a well known tattooist around the Pacific and owned his own tattoo shop Polynesian Tattoos. After a couple of months as an apprentice for Boye, he acquired the skills and art of tattooing and was thrown into his own space. This is where he began working on his own clients, designing and creating tattoos, of course under the watchful eye of Boye. Clives introduction into the art of tattooing came from his brother Boye who is a well known tattooist around the Pacific and owned his own tattoo shop Polynesian Tattoos. After a couple of months as an apprentice for Boye, he acquired the skills and art of tattooing and was thrown into his own space. This is where he began working on his own clients, designing and creating tattoos, of course under the watchful eye of Boye. At the end of 2010, Clive took on a much larger responsibility and challenge by starting up his own shop in a batch behind his family home in town.  It was much harder for Clive especially because he came from working with his brother, running a well established shop, to starting one from scratch. Clive holds very high standards in terms of quality of tattooing and designs. He has had the privilege of inking some very well known athletes with the likes of Rene Ranger (All Blacks), Tomasi Cama and Zar Lawrence  He has also tattooed a K1 world champ Mark Hunt who has inspired Clive though out his upbringing. Having the opportunity to display his talent on these prestigious athletes has given Clive a desire to strive for higher goals and has given him a sense of pride and belief that anything is possible if you are passionate about it and if you put your mind.