HELLO FOLKS!
Too MUCH Iced Coffee tonight and i got's a second wind...
So i finished a painting
and took some shots
and uploaded em and cleaned em up for tribal Consumption...
:)
But first...
On 2012-06-06 06:20, tigertail777 wrote:
Awesome works as always LLT! As for publishing a book of your art, have you ever thought about trying to start a kickstarter campaign to raise the money to publish one? http://www.kickstarter.com/
I would love to have a book of your fantastic art as well. :)
Hey Tigertail!
Toe alerted me to that
and we thought up a few half-ass schemes
but a book.... a Children's Book
a little lost tiki book
has always been my dream...
but .... seeing as i've been painting stories
as opposed to actually writing most of them down
a book of artworks....
just tiki works first...
then OTHER Books
of all those other tackled genres
and a comprehensive book of collected sketchbooks
even,,,daresay i.... a book of strictly erotic works....
But anyways... i have a few goals this summer
- finish the website
- finish long overdue commissions
- create some KICKASS paintings for the kinnyBigToe show in January
and Just up the antee and make Tommy Boy really rise to Le Challenge
and we create an awesome show
- work on that BOOK!
Howzat Sound?
:)
i will be sure to alert the public once a book is in the works....
and Thank you SO much for enjoying this creative journey with me
it's always fun to have friends to chat with and brainstorm via the intertubes!
Heard Mojo Nixon use that
and the term "butt cancer"
on OUTLAW RADIO
we have on that there computer radio thing piped in at work..
Check it out if ye got a bent for that kinda music!
Funny as ALL HECK!
wish they'd play some Abner Jay tho....
On 2012-06-06 07:53, hang10tiki wrote:
Wow
That's a lot of great new stuff
Very cool
Thanks hang10!
and kudos on those creepy Wendy and Dan Oscars....
i think that's why i'm up so late tonight...
:)
Scroll down fellow Tribesman
and see the New One!
On 2012-06-06 09:35, danlovestikis wrote:
little lost tiki I've been told that you never sleep you just work on your outstanding art fitting your regular work day into the tiny shreds of time left over. I for one am humbled before your legacy of work and creative genius. Never stop except long enough to say hi at Oasis. I love your work, Wendy
Hallooooooooo Wendy!
Yes.. I do abuse my body with long work hours
long bouts of isolation
painting jags
,but brain stimulation/problem solving/learning
and willpower and discipline
(and at least a few naps thrown in for good measure)
It's a THING,a sickness
a drive
a calling
i dunno... i just get so derned happy and excited with the joy of creating
of exploring
you KNOW how that is....
We have a Mutual Admiration Pact!
Your spy painting is a delight
and those Tiki Bobs
YOU should do a book of all of those!
Thank you for inspiring me
HOPEFULLY as much as you inspire me!
On 2012-06-07 12:15, Bowana wrote:
"Volcano Boy Bowl"
Mah favorite.
Bowana!
Miss you ALMOST as much as i miss Wendy!
The colored ground on watercolor paper
Volcano Boy BOwl was
in the very tip top shelf of
the "failed drawings
and experimental surface treatment page" Repository...
Needing to save time and get the initial impressions of these mugs down
having prepared grounds really helped
NOT to interrupt the flow....
He's my favorite too....
but i'm mama's favorite...
On 2012-06-08 22:07, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
Ah... eek... gasp....
my mind...ahahahah!!!!
(KA-POW!... splatter...)
U RAWK KENNY!
Oh fergot 2 say.......
the Cannibal totem
"the haves and the have nots" RAWKS!!!!!!!
Gee thanks Brad!
it was fun going back to the paintpen OVER the acrylic
i had done it for so long during my first 7-8 years
That i needed a Sabbatical to ween myself off of drawing
and more towards actual PAINTING
you know the deal!
quite remarkably so!
So now,when i do that technique of paintpen over acrylic ground
it's like riding a bike
and this Bike is well-greased
ANDS SUPER FAST!
Don't it feel
after doing it for this long...
That we're finally hitting our stride?
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Anyways...
i finished the piece for ElroyArtSpace
here's the info
copied from my last post....
edited slightly....
I was asked by Joe at ElroyArtSpace
to be in their 3rd Annual Art Exhibition during
the Famous TIKI KON 2012 Event!
Here's their website...
http://www.elroyartspace.com/index.html
and the FACEBOOK page to Tiki Kon 2012!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19904&forum=18&start=2820&2828
the theme is
"What Makes Your TIKI Hapi?"
and it will be a 2-month long show
at ElroyArtSpace
Opening reception during Portland's
First Thursday Art Walk on August 2nd.
The requirements for the work....
1)Newly created Wall hang-able(under 40 x 36")
2)And the theme is ....
"YOUR artistic interpretation/answer of:
What Makes Your TIKI Happy?..."
Well
as you read in the last post
i had developed characters
friends
ohana
gathering together
BUT
the title eluded me....
until tonight
may i present?...
"the Happiest Hour"
acrylic and cel-vinyl on
One Dang Dern Beautiful piece of wood!
(Thank you tree!)
16x20"
i was pleased with the interior lighting of puffyfish!
Plus he finally gets a second drink!
after i dunno how many paintings!
the radiating lighting
makes him wiggle all happy-like!
a little nod to the ceramic masterworks of Munktiki
on a beautifully carved shelf
with a gorgeous outer tapa thatch thing goin on there....
Here's the shield guy from "Pele's Diamond"
replacing his dayjob as a backstabbing espionage guy
and relaxin with the Ohana...
and here's Volcano Boy Bowl
still debating if i should do a little more
design work
on the sides facing the viewer
(i don't have to do the OTHER side
because YOU'LL never see it,silly!)
and Here's a nice shot
of Shifty and his yet unnamed PNG shield mug buddy
He is just a little bit TOO Happy for my taste...
Whereas shifty is WAAAAAY riding his third MaiTai...
Also take some time to get lost in the overlapping
planes and grains of the table
from a distance it captures the mug's shadows
Close-up...you can just get lost in THAT Funhouse...
:)
Here's an ULTRA -CLOSE-UP
for those more interested in PROCESS and TECHNIQUE
:)
Areas where the Lighting Collides and get's all tangled up in each other...
and here's the lovely Bamboo,tapa,and thatching textures
ALL UP CLOSE! for YOU!
Okay... Back to the TOO HAPPY PNG Mug boy in that piece..
Was talking to Holden via e-mail
about our current TikiFarm project
that launches next month!
You bought Derek's so you Should Buy this One too!
and the other two future ones by future mystery artists!
Anyways....
i sent him a few of my dream mug pics i had posted earlier
and y'know what?
he really DUG this one!
"the Potion" Boy!
Ball was in his court
He tweaked it a bit
so as to function better for YOU...the Mug connisseur
and this is what we got's so far...
See Kids? Dream Mugs sometimes DO come TRUE!
and on that sweet note....
Stay tuned for further adventures of Unamed PNG mug!
I got's ta go to Bed!
work tomorrow..ugh.
Night Night!
