Post #386310 by Ojaitimo on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 10:15 AM

Sven, I understand what you are trying to say. My mother Ione loved Tiki and from the forties on she frequented all the great Tiki Palaces in LA , The Luah, Don the Beachcomber, The Bamboo Room, The Trader.
In 1964 Bud Smith hired her to design the Trade Wind's, she had her own Tiki Palace to create now. My mother loved to use wild colors in her work and she used it on the Trade Wind's. Rooms like the Sadie Thompson and the East India had wild color. The Tiki Temple also had some painted Tiki probably due to this rendering.

At the time I can recall thinking the painted Tiki as being garish and still do.
Leroy and Bob at Oceanic Arts may shed some light as they provided much of the decor.

Here is the Tiki Temple

The East India room at the Trade Wind's.
I loved the Trade Wind's but always thought of the painted Tiki like the East India room as garish and still do. (Sorry mom)
As Vampiress said, we are diverse but I like what I like.