Post #434306 by little lost tiki on Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:07 PM

Mad Dog!
VIVA EXPERIMANTATION indeed!
Art,like anything else
needs to EVOLVE and GROW!
If ya ain't pushin it...GO HOME!
Just as the original PolyPop artists took the whole of Oceanic Arts
and used it as a playground for their movement
A lot of today's carvers and artists always strive to push it further...
sometimes with good results
sometimes not....
thanks for pushin it,Mike!
and not bein afraid of any medium! :)

Lake!
Thanks for the drive-by!
Haven't seen you since GUSTAVFEST in San Diego!
Jump! Jump! :lol:
Can't wait to see some of them Tiki Temples on the 3rd!
With all that talent squoze into one parking lot
Be prepared for a Hi-Energy day!

Markusk-Thanks so much for gettin into the ruins....
the lushness and ruins were things i wanted to tackle specifically on this one...
So happy it caught your eye!
As for prints...not yet
but i'm working on a way to get the art out to all y'all
at ridiculous prices...just be patient. :)

Well...worked a bit more on the Moai lake of fire/idol piece
but it still has a bit to go,so...
No! You can't see it yet!
BUT....
i did get this piece done...
no Tikis in it,but it is a bit tropical
with palms,volcanoes,and butterflies...
i had to finish this before today..
it was a Valentine's Day present for the wifey...

"Three butterflies"
tissue paper stain/acrylic paint/puff pen on gessoed wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame!

like i said before, just wanted to see if this tissue paper stain
could translate well on the gessoed wood....
i think it did alright...
Here's a bit mo' close-up...

and here's some super close-ups
so y'all can see the textures and roughness of it...
the fun part about gettin it rough up close
is that the eye blends it from a distance..
like a lil miracle! :)

volcano and sun

ferns,flowers and palm trunk

more lush vegetation...
i like how the grasses seem to recede and advance
depending on how you look at it...

here's the three butterflies
scampering around the jungle...

after painting the palms and trunks
you can see where i put the puff paint in lil accents all throughout!

that's it for today!
Happy Corporate Exploitation of Love Day!
i love you ALL! :)

just don't ask to borrow any money....