Post #461680 by Danno on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 5:47 PM

I feel that we are all in good hands with the “exotic” velvet paintings being done by Song Shen, Robb Hamel, Jason Sallin and others here at Tiki Central. While I have yet to purchase a Hamel or Sallin painting, I have been lucky enough to purchase two of Song Shen’s paintings through Keith Hayes when he originally posted, but unfortunately I have not had them framed yet. I was so impressed with the first paintings that I bought, that I commissioned two more. One of the commissioned paintings was of an old Sylvain picture that I found in an out-of-print book that I own entitled “Tahiti Sylvain”, published by Taschen. The second is a composite done of my wife. I am highly pleased with the work done and the ease of dealing with Keith. The prices are very reasonable and the work is outstanding.

Here are the first two paintings, which may have already been seen in other posts on Tiki Central.

The first commissioned painting is of one of my favorite Adolph Sylvain (The Photographer of the Tropics) pictures. Here is the picture:

And here is the painting:

The second commissioned painting is a composite done of my wife. She was not too keen on the idea of having a painting done of her, so I took my favorite photograph of her (a college graduation picture), seen here:

And another picture of a similar body-type (seen here):

And “voila”:

By the way, my wife was very pleased with the painting as well!!

Thanks Keith and Song Shen!