Post #158855 by pariartspaul on Sat, May 14, 2005 8:23 AM

I usually avoid threads like this, although I think they are hilarious. Once they get started there is generally no winning - back and forth, etc.. But this one seems to be ending on an up note and I'm so glad. Thor it looks like you are learning a lot about Tiki Central in this post, and I can tell you it is a great place to share information.

I would love to see you start a new post really about some specific techniques - if you'd care to share - your work is so terrific I'd love to hear about say, how you start a painting and what steps you take to build it up; like do you start with the sky and then paint in the landscape on top of it? Or does it vary from painting to painting? This kind of stuff is interesting (at least to me) and we can all learn a little from each other on posts like that.

I think I was the one that introduced Thor to Tiki Central a while back. I have known him for some years and as another artist I've always really admired his work. Thor in person is one of the nicest, mild mannered and - dare I say charming - guys you’d ever want to meet and I'm thrilled that he is doing so well now. I hope this is the beginning of a long and great INDEPENDANT career for him. Like me, he slaved away for the entertainment industry for years, knocking himself out trying just to please the knucklehead managers, only to be laid off at their whim.

To see one of our own artistic creative people make a good living off their art is really an inspiring thing. We deserve it you know - I think artists are tremendously undervalued in this country - especially when you look at what people charge for other kinds of work. We work just as hard don’t we? I know a plumber who drives a Jaguar. Aren’t we just as valuable to society? I think every one of us tiki artists ought to double our prices right now!

Oh my I’m really going off on a tangent, sorry.

My best to Thor and continued success.