Aloooohah Kiddles!
time for some long-overdue replies and
LOTSA LOTSA ART!
But first....
Babs-Thank you for the visit,my friend!
looking forward to seeing A LOT MORE from you in the future!
Jason and Claudette-great velvets and sculpts outta you two cuties lately!
Mahalos for the props on Cannibal Village and imaginary Tiki palace! As for restraint,i can hold back on either color OR subject matter,but it's so hard to do it for both !
Thanks again for welcoming the Totem piece and the Happy day into your home!
Bruno is toooooooo cute!
kingstiedye-Great to have a visit from one of the esteemed West Coast collectors! I'll keep pumping these out as long as they excite and inspire my friends here! Call of Pele is my fave from that batch as well!
Polynesiac! speaking of crazy geniuses,Jimmy...
would like to see YOU tackle some PNG in the future.
with your skills and vision...whoa!
greentikipat-Got a Moai condo reserved for you bro! Just hop on that rocketship in your last painting of yours and jet on over! would love to see you running Abbot and Costello style thru the cannibal village! :lol:
tygerjymmay!
whassup Mr. Stingray!
and the proper term is AWESOME SQUIRREL!
:)
Kiki!-Thanks Doll!
Thanks for draggin meself,the missus,Marty Lush,Squids,ravers,and GROG to go see Phil Shane!
HOT DAMN! i missed his voice and stage act!
Ravers...Phil Shane pictures?
Glad you like the friendship Charm...
Something like that would make a beautiful pendant,no?
Octopus are always on my mind
and the wifey just got a THICKAZZ elephant book from the library..
so a stained glass style elephant is probably next on the list,and THEN more undersea stuff!
and fergit Discovery channel's "Nature's Most Amazing Events",I've been hooked on "1000 Ways to Die" lately!
Thanks for the bubbly enthusiasm!
Lake!
Thanks buddy!
I proudly hung the piece from our Nooner swap in the back Tiki room and i never realized how much that wall needed a marquesan piece until your beautiful work joined the crowd!
Happy you like the War Chant....That piece was a lot easier and faster than some of the more involved ones.i think that's because of the sharpies and ink washes...I'll do some more you can check out at Oasis!
Spermy-delighted to see you and the missus at Booben's friday shindig! Thanks for the inspiration there!
Kinda thought you'd dig those two....especially the octopus!
I was just zoning on the stained glass fish a few days back! Hope the missus feels better!
MDMike!
Mr. Jump-off-into-the-Void-Groundbreaker Boy!
Glad the Stained Glass pieces captivates you...
No photographs....it's all paint,buddy!
Does it look like i have time for mosaic? :lol:
what's the story on that guy?
well, it's a war chant
so i imagine he's working himself up to a BERSERKER status
with some Ancient Handed Down War Chant...
simple as that..
no ants or starch,Sir!
:)
Squid-here's plenty for you to read today!
but i'd rather you carved up a series of Cloud rowers!
Hot Damn! :lol:
Babs-shucks!
i wish!
mp-Thanks fellow Artist Alley Artist!
No Bionics or elves
Just coffee/drive/and leftover USMC discipline...
What's your secret?
Sam-always a joy to get a visit from the SamGAm!
I think, with all the excitement about,
that Mr. War chant/Spear Rattler will pop up more in the future....
Maybe on a can of pickled FINGERS! :lol:
your TikiBob painting makes me stare and smile!
Bai!
Hello my talented friend!
Your threads been quiet lately..
i imagine you're cooking up even more awesomeness!
That Moai KavaKava is the best artifact turned mug EVER!
That Cannibal king would make one TALL mug!
German Beer Stein size!
TikiJoe'sPop-Andy! Aunt B's callin! Thanks for the visit,but don't you have an exotica CD to finish? Get'R'Done,Boy!
GROG said
so much depth and dimension
packed into such a small area
sigh....
Ernie lifted that comment from a comment i left on benzart's thread... Only i meant spiritual,thought-inspiring depth... but Ernie is a caveman...
He doesn't dance either!
Clarita-Gracias,mi amiga! Thanks for the visit! Love your carved bamboo drummer! So much creativity on this site! YAY!
leleliz asks..
Can you PUH-lease make prints of "The War Chant"???????????
It is frikkin awesome! i would get that tattooed on me i love it so much
Thank you! I'm blushing!
kingstiedye got a tat on his ankle of the Cannibal King
and it looks awesome! Feel free to use that for a tat if you're into it! I draw and paint too much to make very many prints
and the hassle just keeps me from creating
so No...my dear,no prints..
But if you get to oasis
You'll see that i try to keep my art very affordable so everyone can own something...and why buy a print
when you can have the original?
There's a lot that gets lost between print and original
not as much MANA in them prints....
laojia-Thank you!
How is France these days?
Are you helping to spread TIKI across Europe?
we're depending on you! :)
I promise to make more work in these styles in the future!
Robb-your vote for war Chant has been noted...
"transcendental piece?"
you mean transitional piece?
Huh? This is actually an older style that i decided to revive
so i think the War Chant may be a Transitional Revival Transcendental Piece,but I'm not sure! :)
Keep up with the velvet,brother!
Mike-Mahalos for the BUMP!
Thanks for your concern...
Been busy painting more
and posting less
oasis is 2 months away
and i need to make Lots of Purdy pictures fo da peeples!
teaKs! Howdy stranger! You goin to Oasis this year?
Robb- I'll have to check this out...
an Asian Kinny carver with my dance moves?
ugh..Shoulda killed him at birth! :lol:
poor fellow!
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE
"LET'S REPLY TO THIS THREAD ONCE A MONTH"experiment!
Man! and now i gotta show you all the art!
Carpal Tunnel here i come!
Please forgive the blurries on some of these..
I'm backlogged about 15 drawings that need actual scans and not digital camera shots....
Anyone want to trade art for decent scans of these?
Local peeps only...
Anyways....
just been plugging along for oasis
pulling 5-15 hour sessions 5-7 nights a week..
YAWN!
here's some drawings first..
"the Door Guards"
Was thinking of General Yuchi-Gong,one of the Japanese Door Gods and thought,"a Maori manaia would make a great guardian for a door as well!"
"Drummer Possessed"
i think i spelled it wrong on the piece..
that's what i get for those late nights!
LALALALAAAAAAAAA!
dig dat Crazy Drum Slappin!
"the Flower rain"
just a fun lil moai piece...
They're scrambling about, catching the flowers as they gently float down to earth...
"Flower feeding frenzy"
This one started as leaf and Indonesian woodblock pressings on an inked piece of paper...
I like the different poses and problems for each of the hungry characters...
the tongues crack me up!
lalalalalalalaaaaaaaaaa!
"Tantalus"
a nod to the famous Greek myth
The piece is a bit funnier if you know it.....
(Google it,i've typed enough tonight!)
the forever inaccessible head....
Here's a quickie one...
"the War dance"
"the Sleeping cannibal"
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
and here's a drawing i started today....
'the Mournful cannibal"
Here it is in situ....
and here's just the piece....
I may do this in the same style as the War chant guy....
and lastly...
Monkeyman gave me this frame a while back
and finally the inspiration hit
and i made a drawing for it....
"the magic Fish"
Here it is with the frame..
Here it is w/o the frame..
and here's a closeup of the skully Ku...
that's it for drawings....Now the Paintings!
"the Provider"
gouache and puff paint on canvas
BIGEYE!
GET OUTTA MAH MOUFF!
some PNG shenanigans...
"the Moon Dance"
gouache on gessoed wood shadow box
"Pineapple Ku"
gouache on gessoed Monkeypod bowl
detail!
and i finally finished the Stained glass Octopus
by adding some dimensional puff paint to the suckers!
Here's so you can the SUCKERS!
and the last offering to share with you tonight...
Terrill got me an 18x24 wood "canvas" with 2" sides....
The wood was so pretty
i didn't wanna just gesso over it
sooooooooo....
this style suited it perfectly!
"the Lost Hut"
acrylic/paintpen/puffpaint on wood
closer....
closer....
This lil lost hut makes me wanna laugh and cry at the same time!
some vegetation..
That's it!
There went my Sunday evening!
Hope y'all enjoy these latest goodies!
Please encourage me by buying them all at oasis!
:)
G'Nights!
