Dying tattooist, 60, has drawn and painted his own casket to enjoy life & # 39;

A dying tattooist of cancer has painted his story on his own coffin to help "enjoy life".

Jeffery Beale, 60, was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the esophagus in May.

But he says that the news has earned him full life and "appreciate the little things" it contains.

He designed and painted his own £ 50 coffin, reports Plymouth Live.

Jeffery, who spent nearly 35 years tattooing in the city and running his studio, said, "I do not have big ambitions, I did everything I wanted to do, tattooing is my life, that's all I've always wanted.

"I'm really happy, I've never been so happy before, it's great, the life I enjoy is magic.

"It's strange, is not it really that you have to come to this stage to appreciate it?

"All the little things in life that you appreciate so much more, these are all the little things."

Jeffrey, of Beaumont, Plymouth, said that he had been told that the cancer had spread in his throat, in his chest, and now in his liver, but that he still practices what is wrong. He likes in life, like painting.

The artist continued: "I continue to paint, I paint as long as I can, I love.

"It's pretty therapeutic.

"I never knew what I was going to paint [on the coffin]I only knew daffodils, I love daffodils and I had the vision to go down Tamerton Foliot to pick daffodils for Mother's Day and the field was just a mbad of yellow and it stayed in my head.

"I just thought it would be something different to do."

On one side, the colorful coffin presents extracts from Jeffery's life, including motorcycles, his dog and wildlife.

On the other side is a field of daffodils, a memory he keeps with him since childhood.

He said: "I have tried to build a part of my life here, I love my bikes and I used to build bikes, drive them and go on an adventure.

"I finished Route 66 and I did not want to come back.

"Then I have the shade when I walk the dog over there and the birds, I love birds and wildlife, and so on.

"Then, the hedgehog, we have one who lives in the back garden and he paints me there.

"I also love playing banjo, little devil sneaking out and another bike coming in on that side."

Jeffery said that despite his love for art and tattooing, "nothing has ever been planned" in his life and he fell into the career, which he fell in love with.

He said: "A friend arrived, he owed me a lot of money, but he did not have any money, so he gave me a tattoo machine and I said I would try.

"I started tattooing at home and converting my shed, it was not planned.

"I spent a little time at home for about five years and I thought I had a store and never look back.

"It's never been like going to work either, the only reason it's a job is that you have to pay rent.

"Nothing in my life was planned, it happened, but if I wanted something, I would have it, you just have to think positively."

Jeffery hopes to inspire others and use his diagnosis to show others that there is much to appreciate.

He had some tips to give aspiring tattoo artists. He said: "Continue, continue, concentrate and stay positive.

"You can have it if you want it, if it's something you do every day, you'll progress and get better."

Jeffery's last wish is to have an art exhibition.

"I am also an artist and the main thing I want to do is to open an art exhibition.

"I have people involved, Chris on the Kaya Gallery Barbican, who will organize this for me.I have plenty of paintings that I am doing that I hope to sell and win from here. money and also give a little to charity.

"Go to the gallery and look at my art, it will tell you who I am."