And away we go....
Haole'akamai- Thanks for sendin' da luv. Totally missin' all y'all and really lookin forward too hangin' out at the end of this month. Also, I have a drink ingredient that I wanna share with you and see what you come up with.
LLT- No Gilligan Hammocks my friend. I am a sleep on my side kinda guy which is not condusive to deep hammock slumber. No banana hammock either!
So following LLT's lead, here are a few of my studies for some of the paintings I will be doing for Tiki Magazine's Tiki Island at the Bali Hai Art Show. (Yeah I know Chongolio is not listed as one of the artist because I am sneakin' in all cloak n' dagger style.) These are sort of snippets of a lil story I have been workin' on. With out giving to much away it involves Tikis and turtles on an adventure in the South seas.
On this one I used brush pens, a sumi ink pen and a bit of goauche. The background was done with wet colored tissue paper on water color paper.
Honu and the Volcano god was done with brush pens, my sumi ink pen and colored pencils for the background on watercolor paper.
And now onto my new tiki room progress pics...
A shot from just inside the door. Reed fencing has been stapled to all the walls, Ukulele holder has been mounted, homemade light plugged in and carpet put down.
This pic was taken from the other side of the room. Take note of the $16.00 fold up popasan chair and the free cane coffee table that was a kick downfrom a new island friend.
My "closet" and look at the big ol peice of bamboo that I found when I hiked the Kuamoo-Nounou trail. The 'boo was halved, sanded down and laquered up. The other half can be seen in the first pic next to the uke hanger. I have more big ol bamboo out back curing and a-waiting to used to hide the seams on the reed fencing.
My sleeping cubby replete with a $50.00 mattress with the $40.00 kmart fold up aloha foam pad, that I was sleepin' on for the last 2 months, on top until I get find some cheapo sheets, freebie end tables compliments or craiglist and the ubiquitous room fan.
And here you have the homemade light fixture I put together for under $5.00 using a planter basket and a Spongebob Squarepants light that had seen better days that I picked up a thrift store.
Poor Spongebob lost his eyeballs but did have the light pulled out of his butt.
The view of the back of the shop from my room's window. The back is another area I have been slowly zazzin' up. Pics of the back coming up in a later post. So there you have it Tiki room on the cheap cheap! Thanks for the lookz!
Aloha,
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