Paintings of 'hot chicks' for your Tiki bar, anyone interested? - Collecting Tiki

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 1, 2003 6:07 AM When I was in South East Asia this last Summer I had my eye out for velvet paintings. I was hoping to meet an artist that worked in this medium and have them make some stuff up to my specs. I found a few velvet paintings in Thailand of Indochinese scenes, but no source so I could have Tiki-Hula scenes made up. The merchants said they were made in Chaing Mai, of course they said EVERYTHING was made in Chaing Mai including stuff I KNOW was from Bali! :roll: So I gave it a miss. BUT! When I was in Phnom Penh I saw an array of oil paintings done on canvas (sorry NO black velvets), most were of Ankor Wat etc, but some were of these fine 'hot chicks'. :D There were wonderfully cheesy and some were semi nudes, looking a lot like the stuff that was so popular in the 50s & 60s. For some stupid reason though I didn't pick one up. I think I thought it would be too big for my needs or some damn thing. Well I started pining for when I found I had more wall space to cover than I originally thought and contacted a buddy that lives in Phnom Penh. I asked if he would be interested in buying 6-8 of them and shipping them back to me, for a small profit to him of course. :wink: He said he would be happy to and even went down and shot some dig pix of a bunch for me. My question is, would anyone be interested in them if I got a half dozen to sell? I'm not looking to make a bunch of $$$ just get a couple paintings out of it for my troubles. The thing is that 40% of my costs would be the money transfere and the shipping. Whether I send one dollar or two hundred it would be the same cost and if I airmail 200 grams or a kilo it is also the same cost. A 50cm x 70cm (aprox. 20" x 28") painting would cost me around $30 with all costs included (unless we find some cost cutting alternatives) so I would want to get say $40 each for them which would afford me two. They are nice and hand painted in oil, and they are NOT PRINTS! :wink: Below are some pix [ Edited by: Rattiki on 2003-12-01 06:31 ]

When I was in South East Asia this last Summer I had my eye out for velvet paintings. I was hoping to meet an artist that worked in this medium and have them make some stuff up to my specs. I found a few velvet paintings in Thailand of Indochinese scenes, but no source so I could have Tiki-Hula scenes made up. The merchants said they were made in Chaing Mai, of course they said EVERYTHING was made in Chaing Mai including stuff I KNOW was from Bali! :roll: So I gave it a miss.

BUT! When I was in Phnom Penh I saw an array of oil paintings done on canvas (sorry NO black velvets), most were of Ankor Wat etc, but some were of these fine 'hot chicks'. :D There were wonderfully cheesy and some were semi nudes, looking a lot like the stuff that was so popular in the 50s & 60s.

For some stupid reason though I didn't pick one up. I think I thought it would be too big for my needs or some damn thing. Well I started pining for when I found I had more wall space to cover than I originally thought and contacted a buddy that lives in Phnom Penh. I asked if he would be interested in buying 6-8 of them and shipping them back to me, for a small profit to him of course. :wink: He said he would be happy to and even went down and shot some dig pix of a bunch for me.

My question is, would anyone be interested in them if I got a half dozen to sell? I'm not looking to make a bunch of $$$ just get a couple paintings out of it for my troubles. The thing is that 40% of my costs would be the money transfere and the shipping. Whether I send one dollar or two hundred it would be the same cost and if I airmail 200 grams or a kilo it is also the same cost. A 50cm x 70cm (aprox. 20" x 28") painting would cost me around $30 with all costs included (unless we find some cost cutting alternatives) so I would want to get say $40 each for them which would afford me two. They are nice and hand painted in oil, and they are NOT PRINTS! :wink:

Below are some pix

[ Edited by: Rattiki on 2003-12-01 06:31 ]

Post #62755 by Rattiki on Mon, Dec 1, 2003 6:07 AM