Post #492573 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Nov 7, 2009 12:37 PM

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Okay, I have never taken this long, or this many layers to create a sky. But here's yet another experiment...

I did a layer of spattering.
Just curious about what it'd do to help obliterate brush strokes. Now, I'm going in again with another semi transparent layer, so... not sure if this effect will even be seen much in the final work, but we'll find out...

And, I have not even gotten to the clouds yet! Sheesh!

Guess I'm taking extra care to get the effect I'm searching for because I know this piece is going to end up at a big show in Berlin. The X-mas Luau at Strychnin Gallery. This maybe the first time my work will be seen at a gallery that is a blip on the super hip radar of the whole "Art World", ( capital A in Art) and I'm nervous! I've been (very) lucky enough to show at private homes, special "tiki" events (big mahalo Tiki Magazine!), and "tiki" themed galleries, (big mahalo Hodadhank and Freaky Boutiki!) and big time "tourist fine art" galleries like Sargent's On Maui (big mahalo Sargents!). But..... this is the first time I'll be in a gallery that gets mentioned in the hipster high end art magazines. The art magazines that sometimes show art that I don't understand and, to be honest, I guess still scare the inner art student in my head. This fine-art-a-phobia comes from way back when I got thrown out of an advanced painting class in collage by a professor who proclaimed I wasn't an "Artist" but only an "Illustrator".... long story. I thought the gallery world was not open to me. Then, along came Robert Williams waving the flag of "low Brow Art" and all the rules changed... anyways, sorry, I'm rambling on... when I should be painting!

Mahalo Nui Loa for watching the paint dry!

B~