ARTIST ACHIEVES HIS DOWNTOWN DREAM.
In the early 1990s, Casper Geist served in the Air Force at MacDill fueling F-16 fighter jets. At the time, the base was the home of five squadrons. “I got out of the military, and didn’t know what I was going to do, so I started playing with computers,” Geist said. “And self-taught myself through all of my Microsoft and Novell certifications, then became a network engineer.” He worked in the field for eight years. However, he found the work to be too structured and he became bored with it.
“I’ve been an artist all my life,” he said. “Skip, my best friend, was a tattoo artist.” Tattooing drew Geist because he saw the art in it.
“I worked in Ybor City, but I wanted to be somewhere that was more like home in Georgia. Plant City was the first place I found that I got that feeling from,” he said. “It was a great decision too, by the way. I love Plant City. I love the people. I love the places. I love everything about Plant City.” So much so that he has lived in Plant City for 25 years…