Official Tiki Oasis 11 thread - California Events

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 1:30 PM On 2011-08-18 02:01, atomikitty wrote: Hello friends! I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to thins weekend. :) I've been MIA for a long time, trying to manage/launch/re-direct my art career, paying the bills and adjusting to married life! I have seriously missed you all! I was so excited to participate in this years art show, and I want to share the finished pieces with you: "Yellow Bird" Acrylic on Black Velvet in kick-ass burnished gold frame. ~ $250 Inspired by the beautiful Exotica tune, with flavors of Calypso and Haitian roots dating back to 1893. It first became a minor hit for the Mills Brothers in 1959, (and a great album cover) with it's most popular incarnation; a Hawaiian instrumental version by Arthur Lyman, in 1961. Chris Isaak also does a beautiful version on his album Baja Sessions. "Blood and Sand" Acrylic on Black Velvet in kick-ass burnished gold frame. ~ $250 I'm not gonna lie. . . Inspired first by the delicious cocktail. :) As you may know, there are two famous origin versions of this drink-One with Scotch and one with Tequila. I am a fan of both and will not take sides! It was created and named after the 1922 movie 'Blood and Sand' starring Rudolf Valentino. (Adapted from the 1909 Spanish novel 'Sangre y Arena' by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.) There is also a beautiful Technicolor version starring Rita Hayworth and Tyrone Power done in 1941. Both Images inspired by Rita Hayworth, being of Spanish origins herself! Hope you like them. I sure enjoyed creating them, and hope to do more in the future. :) I am also accepting commissions for a limited time, so hit me up on TC, or even better, grab me this weekend at Tiki Oasis! Mahalo and Viva Atomica! ~ Suzy Atomikitty* Good stuff! Interestingly, very few people know that Rita Hayworth is of Spanish descent. There are not many of us, of course. Some that people find suprising are Geri Hallowell (Spice Girls), Charlie Sheen (of course), Alfred Molina, Kat Von D, Lynda carter, Cameron Diaz, Dorothy Lamour, Alana Ubach, Raquel Welch, Jerry Garcia and Lucas Vigor. My dad was born there.

On 2011-08-18 02:01, atomikitty wrote:
Hello friends!

I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to thins weekend. :)
I've been MIA for a long time, trying to manage/launch/re-direct my art career, paying the bills and adjusting to married life!
I have seriously missed you all!

I was so excited to participate in this years art show, and I want to share the finished pieces with you:

"Yellow Bird"
Acrylic on Black Velvet in kick-ass burnished gold frame. ~ $250
Inspired by the beautiful Exotica tune, with flavors of Calypso and Haitian roots dating back to 1893.
It first became a minor hit for the Mills Brothers in 1959, (and a great album cover) with it's most popular incarnation; a Hawaiian instrumental version by Arthur Lyman, in 1961. Chris Isaak also does a beautiful version on his album Baja Sessions.

"Blood and Sand"
Acrylic on Black Velvet in kick-ass burnished gold frame. ~ $250
I'm not gonna lie. . . Inspired first by the delicious cocktail. :) As you may know, there are two famous origin versions of this drink-One with Scotch and one with Tequila.
I am a fan of both and will not take sides!
It was created and named after the 1922 movie 'Blood and Sand' starring Rudolf Valentino. (Adapted from the 1909 Spanish novel 'Sangre y Arena' by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.) There is also a beautiful Technicolor version starring Rita Hayworth and Tyrone Power done in 1941.

*Both Images inspired by Rita Hayworth, being of Spanish origins herself!

Hope you like them.
I sure enjoyed creating them, and hope to do more in the future. :)
I am also accepting commissions for a limited time, so hit me up on TC, or even better, grab me this weekend at Tiki Oasis!

Mahalo and Viva Atomica!
~ Suzy
Atomikitty

Good stuff!

Interestingly, very few people know that Rita Hayworth is of Spanish descent. There are not many of us, of course. Some that people find suprising are Geri Hallowell (Spice Girls), Charlie Sheen (of course), Alfred Molina, Kat Von D, Lynda carter, Cameron Diaz, Dorothy Lamour, Alana Ubach, Raquel Welch, Jerry Garcia and Lucas Vigor. My dad was born there.

Post #603095 by tiki mick on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 1:30 PM