Post #300941 by little lost tiki on Sat, Apr 21, 2007 8:15 PM

Hey Everybody!
We got a lotta stuff to look at -so if you're not a reader,then just scroll down and be all stuck-up and hoity-toity!
teaKs-thanks! art is in the blood-it even seeps thru at work!
Zaya-Hello! Great meetin you on Saturday! Your dad certainly was very blessed to be able to do what he loved! But to do it and get paid for it! Classic! Day job or not, the art will always happen...just not as much if there was no dayjob...thanks for the friendliness!
Sneaky-you know all about themes! A lot of it is just following your bliss and looking backwards for patterns...The themes just pop up!Brainstorming is fun,and all you guys keep the mutual inspiration pact going!
Paipo-Keep the day job....Been following that advice too long! This is the year where i'm really gonna get down and research leads and options! Lovin the freedom it offers,and can prolly get the wife to do the book-keeping! Thanks for the make-make info and those "holey islands and cliffs"! Rainbow Bridge in the desert is cool, but add water to that and BAM!!! A lil' bit of movement to challenge an artist! Actually started painting the "Lonely Island" below,you'll see what I mean about the "movement"...I
LakeSurfer-Surf Industry...hmmmm....From 89-95 i did tees for Rusty Surfboards (95-96 did freelance for Rip Curl/Quik/World Jungle/Lassen/Billabong etc.)and from 96-2002 worked for HIC before finally settling in the current job of tees A-Z...Freelance was okay, but they take up to 45 days to pay ya and kill you on the roughs and comps aspect of it! Drew is a real nice guy and has his stuff together! His wife Maria is a doll and the total motivator-organizer! She's rad like that! I think i'll start sniffin around some galleries on the coast....the thing I hear a lot is "it doesn't look like anything else" which ,most of the time is a bad-thing in terms of what a patron can digest...I'll keep you posted! In the meantime keep chugging away at the tikis in between work shifts! Just know there's a tiki brother on the West coast rooting for you as well!
AlohaStation
Brad!Dude! great seeing ya last Saturday at the Sale! thanks for coming down! What a treat! i'll take your advise and get sick more often........
I'll check out Deviantart.com and Cafepress and otheravenues like that this year!
Artists reps are touch-n-go with me...Either they had massive enthusiasm and knowledge,but no selling skills-or major selling skills but couldn't grasp the work.....maybe you should be my rep! i'm starting to think of product as well! thanks for the prod!
Ernie!
great seeing you as well! thanks for the Ruzic mug sketch...i can't wait to post it in Marketplace! $$$$ Maybe I'll wait til right before the Simpson's movie!
Hewey!
thanks for the helpful hints! guess I should start buying more deodorant!
Chongo!
great seeing you my man!Glad you like the hair! it glows in the dark! Pulling the islands up with hooks,read that myth,and some of the greek Roman myths about pulling the sun,all that kinda jumbled together and became something new...Art's so great! We have a whole history of themes and concepts to build upon and add to for the next generation!Hope to see you before you move to the big Isle! And sell alot at the FI Anniversary Show/parking lot Sale next week!
Okay first off! Friday was the day to unpack all the unwanted paintings from the Parking lot Sale and hang them up in the backroom of the studio...So, after giving each painting a stern lecture about self-promotion,I began to hang them up.Some of these guys had never even touched the studio walls!
Here's the entrance/looking in....


Here's the back wall..I paint at that coffeetable to the lower right

Here's the top of my sketchbook/art supply/reference shelf!
Please note the Clarita Candle and Bamboo Ben original! Priceless!

Here's a front view of where i paint...

Here's the wall behind me-there's a pdrake/kirby/and paipo pendant hidden back there....

here's behind the couch

and the last wall....



Thus concludes the studio-viewing portion of this post......
Now here's some of the island piece that i've been working on..

Cool frame,eh?
Here's some of the work i've been doing...Working on the rock texture, then also working on the waves with their movement and crashing!





I expected to do some more this week,but just received my bisque intergalactic Island Hopper for the DvA gallery Tiki Anniversary show,so i may tag-team it!
here's some last minute watercolor/ink drawings that i did for the parking lot Sale,but didn't have time to post! Here ya go and hope to see y'all soon!
"the Drummer"

"the Talking Palms"

"Tropical Dream 2"

"Valley of Fire"

Aloha!