Multi Media Artist:
Model, Musician, Graphic Designer, Writer
TC has been modeling over two and a half decades starting out in modeling for catalog, bikini and fashion modeling. After her band, Triggerpimp, garnered national attention with features in Billboard Magazine and winning a MVPA award for their music video "Medicine," she became an official Dickies Girl and moved from "traditional" modeling into what has now become known as "alternative" modeling.
It was then that TC began getting tattoos and all of her work has been done by one artist, Shannon O'Sullivan of Shangri-La Tattoo in Altadena, CA.
"My first tattoo was the Justice symbol on my upper/outer right arm. That and the Star symbol on my upper/outer left are both based on paintings by Oliver Burston. The rest of my right arm's sleeve is based on paintings by Angel Dominguez' take on Alice in Wonderland." (White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, Alice with the remaining space filled in with cards, roses and chess pieces fill in the rest of her sleeve.) "I consider my body an moving breathing fluid canvas of art and I extend my artistic nature to show a little on my outside. I love how tattoos can really show the depth of someone's character on the inside, senses of humor, and their own artistic vision."
She was born and raised in Tampa, FL, but has lived also throughout the states of Louisiana and Tennessee. She is of a mixed decent but is mainly Cajun, Creole and Native American Indian. Although a classically trained mezzo soprano, she has thousands of live rock performances under her belt and hundreds of hours of experience in recording studios. After majoring in fine arts and mathematics in high school, she attended Memphis College of Art specializing in Typography and logo design.
While staying relevant musically out of her home base in Hollywood, CA becoming a fixture in horror movie trailers and TV commercials as a scream queen and other assorted voice over work (Silent Hill, Amityville Horror - remake, The Village, The Gravedancers, The Exorcist: The Beginning, Autopsy and many many more), she worked hard in developing a reputation in many other mediums. Whether as designing graphics for merchandise for musicians such as Paul Oakenfold, Boy George, Arthur Lee and Love, Brian McKnight and companies like Guitar Center, or becoming a recurring model for the latex clothing company, Fierce Couture, appearing in several of their fashion shows all over the country. She has been featured in fetish performances for events such as Kink Patrol, in dozens of magazines, art books, calendars and is consistently working as a spokes model for events for musical equipment at conventions such as NAMM and a regular feature for tattoo after care lines across the United States at tattoo conventions.
At 39 years of age, she has moved from being a freelance music journalist and radio personality for satellite radio, she began working on her own autobiography accounting her life in a male dominated rock world and discussing her own personal accolades and tribulations of have to be a tomboy musician one minute and sex kitten model the next. While working on her book, she has spent a year of writing and recording with her current studio project, Meridian Dream, released through 5D Music, their album "Broken Flowers" which is available for purchase on iTunes.
When she's not busy killing creative demons whether it be with modeling, writing and graphics or just sounding like one on a stage or in the studio, she's often found traveling all over the country trying to discover "new and amazing" food finds or "peaceful and breath taking" hiking trails. She loves seeing a good live artist or band who "put great energy on stage," prefers books over television (but admits being addicted to Top Chef and Chopped.) Her favorite local haunt for roughly two decades is The Powerhouse because "it's the last dive bar in Hollywood." Nothing makes her feel more sexy than wearing red lipstick, black heels and her most dangerous weapon is her smile. Loves all things vintage Americana, Tom Waits, Mr. T, and dancing in her underwear to Otis Redding in her living room on a rainy day. Her turn on's are hot wings and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Turns offs are walking up to her and asking what her turn on's are.