Post #482138 by little lost tiki on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 1:02 PM

Back in the Saddle Again,indeedy-doo kiki!
and it feels great!
Brad-not my idea..... the owner-to-be read the article and graciously considered
a Ruzic treatment of that theme! :)
Ravers-Whoa Nellie!
Thanks for standing up for me while I'm away..
but I'm a big boy..I'll handle it...

On 2009-09-08 11:11, leleliz wrote:
So it looks like Cllysdale has inspired your Squid art....are you going to start twittering also LLT?

Sorry leleliz...
been painting Squids and Octopi since my humble beginnings as a painter in 1989..
Always looked towards the ocean for its mystery and beauty...
As for the inspiration for my Squid/Octopus/Fishies/Jellyfish art....

Sorry!
it MAY be the other way around... or not....

Here's a surfboard i created many years back
that is now proudly in the home of Dave
We traded 2-3 years ago....
the below surfboard for a custom cannibal tiki...

You'd think,after having this thing in his home for so long
he'd "get" how an octopi's tentacles twirl around themselves....
and there's enough bubbles on that board to drop a GIANT BUBBLE hint to anyone within 10 feet!

I don't imagine my patron/benefactor was inspired by anything other than an AP news story as well...

so....
No twittering over here!
No Time!
Painting over Self-Promotion ANY day!
I have to not only make the art,but research/think up/muse about subject matter and theme....
That's why every artist should not only have a Huge library
but they should actually READ all those books as well....
Enough inspiration for a lifetime in dem books!
Visually and inner...
You,my dear,should do your research first before blindly accusing an artist of his inspiration ....
especially inspiration from Clysdalle!
Posada and I BOTH have lawsuits pending... :lol:

There is a HUGE body of work that most of the tiki peeps aren't privy to..
I post that work on my website/Facebook/MySpace
and try to keep it MOSTLY tiki on Tiki Central....

here are a few more snippets of undersea creatures painted or drawn over the years...
Some Recent-Some Not...

:)