Post #300194 by Sneakytiki on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 2:37 PM

On 2007-04-17 21:18, little lost tiki wrote:
So, whatcha got up your sleeve for the next project?
Limey's got some cool work-with your bird skulls,that organic dark feel might be real cool...
Keep on keepinon with this killer work! The Dalinean crucifix made me smile,he made a point once how if you unfold a cube,it would assume the shape of the cross...genius! New Jerusalem in revelation is also a giant cube,like some dimensional container....Wow! Been reading the Secret life of Salvador Dali again...(read it about 10 years ago,so it's like reading a new book) Have you read that or Diary of a Genius or 50 Secrets of magic craftsmanship? I think you'd get a kick out of him,plus you would get most of his mythological references! Also check out Dante's trilogy co-written and illustrated by Sandow Birk...he does twists on the Dore etchings and other artists...It's set in a hellish LA environment...Very Cool There's a Minotaur in the Inferno and in hisartwork for the text...Picasso was really into that minotaur,eh? Great take on that theme! Lates!

LLT,

Not sure yet about the next project.

I think my skull paintings are definitely in a surreal type genre. It's never been intentional but that's how they turn out. They are also executed in a surrealist fashion drawing from the subconscious while I work i.e. making it up as I go, also similar to some expressionist approaches.

I think those books you mentioned are gonna be on my required reading list. They sound really good!

Picasso's minotaurs are really iconic, they also bring to mind mid-century Toreador and Toro art, nice Spain related kitsch like the conquistador stuff. Picasso loved the bullfights.

Thanks for the compliments and your insightful comments.

I think you have a book in the making with the narrative qualities of the work you've been doing lately! Just put the pieces in an order or make up a story and fill in the blanks. You could make up some short stories to go along with the pix easy. LLT's bedtime tales for hep tots. :)

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2007-04-18 14:53 ]