Post #362099 by tikiracer on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 6:11 AM

After my great trip to the US last year [Tiki Mag artshow] and getting to hang out with a lot of amazing talent, I decided to try my hand at painting. Most of my print work is a combination of ink work and digital colour, so getting out the acrylics was pretty daunting.

Started off safe with only 10x8 inch canvasses.

Here, for your entertainment pleasure, are some of my first pieces.

Titled - "Heyerdahl was almost right" - this is an idea that the polynesians did travel the pacific but not using rafts, but huge floating puffer fish, with sails.

Titled - "Invaders" - this is a continuation of some ideas I've had for a invasion from space of war of the worlds style tiki aliens...
I'd like to put the invaders into classic english countryside scenes.

Titled - "Trophy Room" - here I'm featuring a headhunter mask [papua new guinea style] that has been head hunted and made into a trophy? Note the bullet hole in centre of the mask.

Titled - "Welcome to the Sugar Cane" - A gift to the new tiki bar in London, created by Cheekytiki.

I'm working on few more now, planning on making a series of the trophy room idea.

If anyone is interested in one [except the trophy and sugar cane] then please pm me with an offer. I'm getting a bunch of my art pieces together and planning an ebay store. These painting will appear on there, I'll post on marketplace when I have more details.

I'd love to hear any thoughts [Trader Jim - but not everything that goes on inside that pith helmet of yours!!] and feedback. Thanks for looking.

http://www.tikiracer.com

[ Edited by: tikiracer 2009-02-15 14:06 ]