Post #551713 by Johnny Dollar on Thu, Sep 2, 2010 7:24 AM

On 2009-05-11 11:56, bigbrotiki wrote:
Man, is that man still alive!? An unsung American pop sculpture hero. When comparing these photos...

....it becomes evident that he was the artiste that carved all those amazing gods at the Tahitian resort:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29685&forum=2

...and probably the Tikis at the Makai restaurant at the Tahitian Gardens development:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=32239&forum=2

"...However, the exterior had really cool human-sized abstract (almost 50s biomorphic style) tikis carved of lava that were set into the exterior walls. There was also plenty of Polynesian-style wood trim (tiki totems, etc.)...."

That SOUNDS like his work, now if we could only get good photos of it!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-05-11 13:06 ]

here are more views of the god of fertility, from the back in this postcard

and in very sad condition in 2008

[ Edited by: Johnny Dollar 2010-09-02 07:25 ]