One of the most trusted and well-respected tattoo artists in the country! For over 35 years Jim has been doing tattoos in the Mid-Missouri area.

Jim is the former owner of Lakeside Tattoo (one of the most popular tattoo parlors at Lake of the Ozarks) and now, owning Wild West Tattooz in Apache Flats, Mo. Jim can't think of anything more appealing for a career. "What can be more fun than tattooing your creativity and artistic abilities on someone's body for the rest of their lives?"

When anyone in the area even talks about tattoos Jim Ruppel is the name that always comes up and is held in the highest regaurd.