Post #256065 by Jungalero on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 4:49 PM

Hi,

I’ve been lurking around Tiki Central for a while and have finally got round to posting. I’ve really enjoyed reading the forums but have particularly enjoyed reading Creating Tiki; there are so many great artists here, the standard of work is so high, really amazing. I especially enjoy seeing people’s Tiki/bar rooms, all of which are great and some are just jaw-droppingly out-of-this-world.

Anyway, I’ve always been interested in art and loved to draw as a kid, I carried the interest through my school years and eventually ended up going the art-school route. This didn’t really work out for me and I quit after a few months, I found the over-intellectualizing of everything and pretension really depressing. It kind of put me off art for a while, I didn’t have the inclination to pick up a pencil or brush for a long time.

Well, around the late nineties I was getting into Tiki culture and discovering the likes of Shag, Mark Ryden and other “lowbrow” artists. I loved the fact that here were a group of artists who were doing what they wanted, just following their own instincts without worrying about the “art world”.

Similarly, when I found Tiki Central and saw the stuff that people were doing here I was blown away. The enthusiasm people have for what they do is so refreshing and really contagious. This is one of the great things about Tiki: it just seems to encourage people to create, even people who have never picked up a paintbrush or chisel before.

After seeing some of the great stuff people have done on here, it got me round to thinking that I could do something. Yeah, I was actually getting to the point were I wanted to paint again. So here it is, the first painting I’ve completed for a long, long time. I’ve been calling it “Moai Svengali” and it’s acrylic paint on canvas board, 24x18 inches. It took me a while to complete, but I really enjoyed it and I’m pleased to finally have something to contribute.

Thanks for looking.

"I feel like Alan Ladd at Easter Island"

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