The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker - Other Crafts

TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 7:08 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! Kiki von Tiki ~ Thanks so much! I'm still learning, but it's nice to feel that each one is a little further along the road to becoming a better artist. At least, that's the plan. Beachbumz ~ No, YOU are Awesome! It was really great meeting you, and a BIG MAHALO for buying drinks and pupus before hand at the Mai Tai bar across the street! Sam Gambino ~ Yep, the pin striping is my total fan homage to one of my fav artists: Sam Gambino, and I was lucky enough that some really kool kustom kulture folks show up - and we got to discuss the finer points of pin striping. GROG ~ Thanks Grog! Maynard is humbled by your praise. Yeah, that pic is in that same really great Japanese red cloth covered Ryden book. I think I read in Juxtapoz that the "blood" images were part of his experience of going through a relationship break up. JenTiki ~ Thanks! My nightmare of sitting alone in the gallery with people walking past and no one stopping to look did NOT happen. Thanks goodness! People showed up - and I talked to all kinds of folks. All three nights. Great Fun! BigToe ~ Big big Mahalo! Thanks so much for mentioning her expression - I was really trying to get something subtle in it. Which can be harder than ya think! I had to re-do it several times...and then stop my self from re-doing it again! tikiracer ~ Thanks! But...er....Oh? Unexplained tentacle legs? I think you know why she has tentacle legs... ye be lurking at the Devil Reef Tiki Bar, be ye? Aye, I think ye be knowing, or hear tell of tales that might explain such things.... What's next? Good question! I was lucky enough to be invited to be a part of the group "Tiki Christmas" show at Strychnin Gallery, check it out... http://www.strychnin.com So I gotta finish something soon enough to ship it all da' way to Berlin in time 4 da' show, AND that isn't so big it costs too many coconuts to ship! So, I checked the art closet... and found this sweet sized 24" x 18" canvas. ... then an old sketch that was calling to me from under a pile of scribbles. Then thought, maybe I should have him be a tiki, AND a mug at the same time. So I roughed a image onto the canvas. Then, I thought, maybe he should be a mug, a tiki, AND some sort of living creature too! Frolicking about the beach near the Devil's reef. However, like tikiracer, I've might be a-spending too much dream-time in the Arkham Exotica Bar and Ku-thulhu Tiki Lounge, and I be a-getting funny ideas! More to come... Big Aloha from the active volcanic Island way way out here...way past the Devil's Reef...way out in the middle of the deep deep blue sea.

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Kiki von Tiki ~ Thanks so much! I'm still learning, but it's nice to feel that each one is a little further along the road to becoming a better artist. At least, that's the plan.
Beachbumz ~ No, YOU are Awesome! It was really great meeting you, and a BIG MAHALO for buying drinks and pupus before hand at the Mai Tai bar across the street!
Sam Gambino ~ Yep, the pin striping is my total fan homage to one of my fav artists: Sam Gambino, and I was lucky enough that some really kool kustom kulture folks show up - and we got to discuss the finer points of pin striping.
GROG ~ Thanks Grog! Maynard is humbled by your praise. Yeah, that pic is in that same really great Japanese red cloth covered Ryden book. I think I read in Juxtapoz that the "blood" images were part of his experience of going through a relationship break up.
JenTiki ~ Thanks! My nightmare of sitting alone in the gallery with people walking past and no one stopping to look did NOT happen. Thanks goodness! People showed up - and I talked to all kinds of folks. All three nights. Great Fun!
BigToe ~ Big big Mahalo! Thanks so much for mentioning her expression - I was really trying to get something subtle in it. Which can be harder than ya think! I had to re-do it several times...and then stop my self from re-doing it again!
tikiracer ~ Thanks! But...er....Oh? Unexplained tentacle legs? I think you know why she has tentacle legs... ye be lurking at the Devil Reef Tiki Bar, be ye? Aye, I think ye be knowing, or hear tell of tales that might explain such things....
What's next? Good question!
I was lucky enough to be invited to be a part of the group "Tiki Christmas" show at Strychnin Gallery, check it out...
http://www.strychnin.com
So I gotta finish something soon enough to ship it all da' way to Berlin in time 4 da' show, AND that isn't so big it costs too many coconuts to ship! So, I checked the art closet... and found this sweet sized 24" x 18" canvas.

... then an old sketch that was calling to me from under a pile of scribbles.

Then thought, maybe I should have him be a tiki, AND a mug at the same time. So I roughed a image onto the canvas.

Then, I thought, maybe he should be a mug, a tiki, AND some sort of living creature too! Frolicking about the beach near the Devil's reef.
However, like tikiracer, I've might be a-spending too much dream-time in the Arkham Exotica Bar and Ku-thulhu Tiki Lounge, and I be a-getting funny ideas!

More to come...
Big Aloha from the active volcanic Island way way out here...way past the Devil's Reef...way out in the middle of the deep deep blue sea.

Post #485172 by Tiki Shark Art on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 7:08 PM