Aw Kiki!
Someday.....
Maybe a cute little baby shrunken head...
or a puppyshrunken head!
Yipes!
Wendy-Glad you like him
and art is essential to life...
Jason-You'll have a chance to see where the landscape wandered to below
MDM-i figured you'd be attracted to the "lower and more baser" elements of the piece..Something for everybody! :)
Meheadhunter!Right on!
Scroll down and see!
Hope you like!
Tikiville-my pleasure!
Sharing is always better than
mumblimh to oneself....
Brad!
I think your proclivity for intense colors has rubbed off a bit!
They're so fun
and especially in the case of your pieces
they dazzle the eye!
MYSTERIO!
i like Mysterio's Smoke
rendered by both Steve Ditko and John Romita!
Well,Thank you all for the kindness and warmth and entusiasm and cheerleading and wonderful insights you bring to this post!
Not much step-by-step
more like a
one-more-step-and-then-like-magic-it's -done
kind of thing...
Sorry,i twas in thee groove
couldn't stop!
Here's the last in progress shot before the unveiling...
And here it is done..
The foreground started to become overgrown
as the poor lonely head
spent its humid days
and dark nights
in the abandoned village
I wanted to capture some of the dark lushness of the jungle
i even put a few plants inside the hut!
"the Lonely Head"
acrylic and cel vinyl on masonite
Also finished a piece for the "Beyond the Reef" exhibition
which y'all will have a chance to see if you're at Oasis this year
Anyways...
Here's the first step
1)Recieve an incredible wooden crab bowl from Squid
2) Let it sit on a shelf for about a year
3) Call Squid on occasion and apologize for the tardiness
4) Get the call for the "Beyond the Reef: Tiki Magazine Anniversary show
5)DING! the bulb goes off
6) PAint the inside of the bowl blue and stew on it...
sketching a few ideas in the sketchbook
but being too lazy to get a shot of it....
Note the insane Christmas Card of our very own MadDogMike...
What is wrong with him?
7) Finish painting it
and decide to woodburn the outer bowl
8) do some Maori-inspired studies and decide on some to go with....
9) Woodburn away and enjoy the campfire smell
until a slight headache develops
- Smile and ponder the next piece
"the Doomed Crew"
acrylic and cel vinyl on woodburned crab bowl from Squid
Anyways....
I really like the Comic-Tragedy Story and feel of this Piece
I could've given it a Happier title/story
but that would ruin the dark humorous sad but comical feeling i wanted..
I mean...they're really gonna get munched
and that poor orongo advisor that
reluctantly decided to accompany them...
Doomed!
Dooooooomed!
Plus the Crab Bowl...
kind of like the lil Maori Monkeys will be Crab food
on the Ocean Floor....
sad...
Maybe a Cautionary Tale to Foolhardy Voyagers...
Also finished a Battle of the Fish painting
but that'll be on my FaceBook
cause it ain'ts Tiki...
Well anywhoooo
Thanks for Visiting!
:)
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[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2010-05-29 23:33 ]
