Post #386420 by sirginn on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 3:46 PM

I am finishing a 30 hour work shift, and my eyes are even more tired after reading this thread...but it is a great thread, and brings up some good points.

I think I understand where Sven is coming from, and his point.

Like many on this board, I collect "tiki" I have numerous mugs, shirts, carved tikis (vintage and new). But my main passion is "tiki art", I got bit by the tiki bug in the late 90's when I first saw Rydens and Shags work. The art led me to discover Sven's book, this website, etc... The walls in our house, including the garage, are now covered with paintings which I consider to be "tiki" in one way or another.

Like some may scan the websites of munktiki or gecko to see the new limited edition mug, I frequently check gallery and artist websites, and am overjoyed when I see a "tiki art show".

But it seems that there are fewer and fewer paintings in theses "tiki shows" that appeal to me as what I consider "tiki art", which is good for my checkbook, but disappointing as a collector.

In fact, if you look at the websites of several recent "tiki art" shows, there are many numerous talented artists, and several beautiful paintings, but also several submissions which do not feature a tiki, or anything that outside of the named "tiki show" would alert me, an avid tiki and art collector, that this was in fact a peice of "tiki art"

Obviously, that is just my opinion, maybe I have become more paticular of the art I buy as my collection has grown.

Sorry, tired, rambling, probably not making sense....