Post #243888 by ToonToonz on Wed, Jul 19, 2006 1:09 PM

kctiki: thanks for the comment - I had to go look up what an "ocarina" is. These birds I painted probably do make a very nice song. I have a few more bird canvases I have painted and will try to post them here.

Tiki Duddy - I like the volcano paintings, too. I also have a bunch of them that aren´t Tiki related that I have done - in fact just finishing up a painting of a woman sitting at a table sipping red wine and looking at three volcanoes blasting away in the distance. The painting is titled, "Another Day, Another Volcano". Volcanos in a painting add a new dynamic of action and far away exotic danger.

little lost tiki - Thank for the compliment. That´s one of the reasons most people say they buy my art; they like the colors and the humor in the paintings. One time a woman came up to me at an art show opening and said she had bought one of my paintings several years ago and she hung it in the kitchen so that every day she can get an early smile and laugh at looking at the painting; it starts her day off right.

Regarding your question if I get to paint everyday - yes, just about every hour of every day and night I paint. It´s been my full time "job" (plus doing freelance illustration work) for the last 11+ years (I used to do it part time while holding a full time job) - and my wife is the full time manager of my art business.
However, I don´t paint Tiki-type art everyday.