Post #300034 by little lost tiki on Tue, Apr 17, 2007 8:21 PM

Hello friends!
Sorry about the Radio Silence but that TikiFarm Parking Lot Sale kicked my booty! Despite being sick and very tired(up at 4:30-there by 6:45) it was a Day to end all Days!If you haven't checked out the thread,you should! NOW! here's where the photos start....
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=22764&forum=17&start=255
What a Day! Anyways,you can imagine the Sunday after all that....sleeping in....relaxing...being braindead.....NOT! the fever took me and that tingle of inspiration started making me antsy at 8! Primed up some pieces with blue and green gesso(great frames-I'll shoot 'em soon!) and began in the sketchbook....For reasons i will keep secret for now, the 2 words "Tiki" and "Island" began to occupy my thoughts,and here are the results of having the leisure of exploring a theme for just one day.Man! SHOUTed with Tygerjymmy today today and realized how an artist shouldn't have a dayjob!Just on the way to work,I got some problem-solving done with Travelling Jonesey's "project"...Jymmy is a full-time artist in every sense of the word! And a nice guy too! But him,and Doug Horne,and Chongo, and Ben,and THOR ,and Dave,even Brad to some extent,they're all doing it,they're pretty much full-time artists....Being 42, you reflect a lot on life-where you've been, where you're going,how this life and all it's lessons fit into the MasterPlan,and the thought of being a full-time artist has always been a dream but never a reality....I'd love to hear some of you fellows as to how you do it/what keeps you going?What's the best business strategy? You guys are an inspiration,BlahBlahBlah....now hand over some advice ,please...
Sorry! It was an insight and i wanted to share....
Anyways, Back to those 2 words "Tiki" and "Island" that for secret for now reasons had been haunting me since the Sale....
First off the whole "island as boat theme"...the"travelling island" Post-Pangea,is that what the cluster of continents long ago was called?just drifting,but not without purpose...Although the island in these represents a community, a society,they can also represent the individual, the island as a persona......No man is an Island is a phrase that unfortunately isn't true today...technology lends itself to promoting isolation and antisocial lifestyles. But i digress...
Here's the first one...

here's a volcano one and a mysterious atoll with a HUGE HONKIN TIKI in the middle! I heard Atlantis wasbuilt in a network of concentric rings...might do that with this one....

then i wandered off into orongos,the sooty tern that possibly represented make-make to them. Please correct me if I'm wrong ,but I think he was a creator god to the inhabitants? Anyway.i decided to make 'em REAL BIG-mythic in proportion,and also, like other stories,to transport islands!

or a mischievous Island Stealer!

or perhaps situating a volcano in the perfect area?

then i remained all in the GIANT mode ,must have been finally meeting Doug Horne that triggered all that Giant stuff...:lol:
Here's a Relocation sketch

then a MOAI RUSHMORE kinda vibe!

a little Stellar influence....

finally, the theme became more universal,exploring themes throughout varying cultures...
hence, the Flood

finally, for inspiration, i began to look at drawings and photos of water and rocks and landscapes as well as the lair of the Ancient One drawing i had painted a while ago...

and a little variation!

Well, it's time for dinner! Gotta go! thanks for visiting!