Post #381877 by greentikipat on Thu, May 22, 2008 7:22 PM

that re-posting was pisssing me off i remember- bad keyboard at work! well no more!! back online at home now, and back at work on tiki paintings! here are a couple for hukilau- more of them to come.

unfortunately i only snapped one shot of this one today, so all we see is the washed-out, bright version. no flash, too. it was over-cast today outside and would have been good photo weather, but i was in a hurry to get grocery shopping done. ahh- the struggles of a houseman. shooting black velvet is no easy task. of course oil paint presents it's own difficulties as well.

here is my sweetheart dancing at midnight for me. oil on velvet is a lot of fun. i'll be doing a lot of these as time goes on. as with the first velvet piece, (these are two and three)i'm showing two pictures, one no flash and one with. the true image is between the two. yes, i will start shooting them outside;)

there we are for now, more to come soon!

on a side note, a business partner and myself will be opening a new tattoo shop called 'Electric Tiki'- the decor will be that of a tiki lounge. very cool stuff in the mix. we'll have a banner add and website up in the next month or so. i'll also be contacting a few folks out there for some decor/art for the spot. mahalo for stopping by!!