THOR's new Hukilau painting featuring familiar TC faces!!!! - Other Crafts

T THOR's Member Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 610	T THOR's Posted posted on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:44 PM Aloha all!! Let me first say Hukilau was SOOO much fun!! I met some WONDERFUL people there and just got back to LA for a few weeks..then on to Hawaii. I stayed at the Yankee Clipper and couldn't get enough of the Shipwreck Bar. I totally believe that Marina IS a real mermaid!!!! She was beautiful and graceful under that deep blue water and I would sit and watch her daily if I wasn't thousands of miles away!! In anticipation of the Hukilau..which was the Thor Stor's first time there, I painted a piece that kinna celebrates the idea of the mermaid /underwater pool bars of days gone. I hadn't met Marina yet, so I have not included her likeness in this first rendition, However, we had a great talk and I will be doing a special Artist Proof series where I paint her into this piece to showcase her magic and grace beneath the silvery surface. We will post when those are done too. Anyway, here is a scan of the piece I did. I call it the " Hookah Lau Bubble Bar". Yep!! Thats Hookah as in the type the catapillar had in Alice in Wonderland! Here, the mermaids draw a few lung fulls of air from the tubes joined to a Tiki Hookah and swim about to entertain the well "lit" Tikis in the bar behind the tank glass. The extra feature here is that this time, instead of people drinking from Tiki mugs, we have Tikis drinking from Humanized mugs!!! Better yet...I thought it would be fun to feature a few fellow craftsmen and artist we all love here on TC and in out community!! So see if you can Identify the "mugs" on the Mugs!! Prints of this piece were sold at Hukilau..we have only a limited edition of 50 printed ..high quality prints on watercolor paper. Over half are gone last count. We have them for sale through the Thor Stor..or contact Max the Manager at the site (www.thorstor.com) if you are interested in one of the limited prints at $75.00 each. Mini prints of the "featured mug drawings" are available as well!! Anyway!!!! See ya all at Tiki Oasis!!! Warmest Alohas!!!! ~~ THOR Here's the early sketches of the mugs!!! This helps see them better!! [ Edited by: thor's 2007-06-18 20:36 ]

Aloha all!!

Let me first say Hukilau was SOOO much fun!! I met some WONDERFUL people there and just got back to LA for a few weeks..then on to Hawaii. I stayed at the Yankee Clipper and couldn't get enough of the Shipwreck Bar. I totally believe that Marina IS a real mermaid!!!! She was beautiful and graceful under that deep blue water and I would sit and watch her daily if I wasn't thousands of miles away!!

In anticipation of the Hukilau..which was the Thor Stor's first time there, I painted a piece that kinna celebrates the idea of the mermaid /underwater pool bars of days gone. I hadn't met Marina yet, so I have not included her likeness in this first rendition, However, we had a great talk and I will be doing a special Artist Proof series where I paint her into this piece to showcase her magic and grace beneath the silvery surface. We will post when those are done too. Anyway, here is a scan of the piece I did. I call it the " Hookah Lau Bubble Bar". Yep!! Thats Hookah as in the type the catapillar had in Alice in Wonderland! Here, the mermaids draw a few lung fulls of air from the tubes joined to a Tiki Hookah and swim about to entertain the well "lit" Tikis in the bar behind the tank glass.
The extra feature here is that this time, instead of people drinking from Tiki mugs, we have Tikis drinking from Humanized mugs!!! Better yet...I thought it would be fun to feature a few fellow craftsmen and artist we all love here on TC and in out community!! So see if you can Identify the "mugs" on the Mugs!! Prints of this piece were sold at Hukilau..we have only a limited edition of 50 printed ..high quality prints on watercolor paper. Over half are gone last count. We have them for sale through the Thor Stor..or contact Max the Manager at the site (www.thorstor.com) if you are interested in one of the limited prints at $75.00 each. Mini prints of the "featured mug drawings" are available as well!!

Anyway!!!! See ya all at Tiki Oasis!!! Warmest Alohas!!!! ~~ THOR

Here's the early sketches of the mugs!!! This helps see them better!!

[ Edited by: thor's 2007-06-18 20:36 ]

Post #313554 by THOR's on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:44 PM