...the horror... ...the horror... - General Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Sep 11, 2006 10:25 AM I would like to thank Nina Coquina for posting the link to David Landry's website. I went through the entire slide-show, and there were many other works of David's that I really enjoyed, and I gained a better appreciation for the breadth of his work. Although I, like others on Tiki Central, am not a fan of the bright-Easter colored tikis, I did enjoy those tikis that were painted with a single color (usually white or red), and especially enjoyed the black or natural colored tikis that incorporated the primitive-looking white dot patterns. All in all, I gained an appreciation for the work of David Landry, and I am saddened to hear that he passed away last year. The world certainly needs more, not less, artists in the world. My sadness, I am sure, is nothing compared to the sorrow that David's family and close friends are going through. One wants ones friends to be remembered in a positive light, so I can understand the hurt that Nina felt when discovering this thread. I am not sure if it will offer any comfort, but my initial comment, which was made partly in jest, was directed towards only the colors of the tikis, and not to the carving style, or to David Landry himself. The people here on Tiki Central are only one small sliver of the world's population, and we tend to have our own collective views on what looks good and what doesn't look good in the world of tiki - and we often can't even form a consensus even after months of discussion and debate. This group generally does not like brightly colored tikis, but that is partly because we like hanging out in retro bars at night, and try to recapture there the look of a classic 1950's/60's tiki lounge. The brightly colored tikis may have been more appropriate for a child's amusement park than a retro tiki bar, and reading the HearaldTribune article, I learned that such amusement parks were major buyers of David's work. I hope that the friends and family of David Landry can take comfort that there are probably many children who will express great joy when seeing David's brightly painted animal carvings in such amusement parks. All in all, I expect that the joy of those children will have a much bigger overall impact on the world than the comments expressed earlier in this thread. Vern

I would like to thank Nina Coquina for posting the link to David Landry's website. I went through the entire slide-show, and there were many other works of David's that I really enjoyed, and I gained a better appreciation for the breadth of his work. Although I, like others on Tiki Central, am not a fan of the bright-Easter colored tikis, I did enjoy those tikis that were painted with a single color (usually white or red), and especially enjoyed the black or natural colored tikis that incorporated the primitive-looking white dot patterns.

All in all, I gained an appreciation for the work of David Landry, and I am saddened to hear that he passed away last year. The world certainly needs more, not less, artists in the world. My sadness, I am sure, is nothing compared to the sorrow that David's family and close friends are going through.

One wants ones friends to be remembered in a positive light, so I can understand the hurt that Nina felt when discovering this thread. I am not sure if it will offer any comfort, but my initial comment, which was made partly in jest, was directed towards only the colors of the tikis, and not to the carving style, or to David Landry himself.

The people here on Tiki Central are only one small sliver of the world's population, and we tend to have our own collective views on what looks good and what doesn't look good in the world of tiki - and we often can't even form a consensus even after months of discussion and debate. This group generally does not like brightly colored tikis, but that is partly because we like hanging out in retro bars at night, and try to recapture there the look of a classic 1950's/60's tiki lounge.

The brightly colored tikis may have been more appropriate for a child's amusement park than a retro tiki bar, and reading the HearaldTribune article, I learned that such amusement parks were major buyers of David's work. I hope that the friends and family of David Landry can take comfort that there are probably many children who will express great joy when seeing David's brightly painted animal carvings in such amusement parks. All in all, I expect that the joy of those children will have a much bigger overall impact on the world than the comments expressed earlier in this thread.

Vern

Post #253587 by ikitnrev on Mon, Sep 11, 2006 10:25 AM