The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker - Other Crafts

TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sat, Dec 15, 2012 5:44 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! I just got my copy of SPECTRUM today!! WHOO-HOO! For you folks who might check in once in a while to see what trouble I'm getting into, you probably know that every year, for the past 5 years, I have entered all my work from that year into the SPECTRUM art contest. "SPECTRUM: The Years best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" - Winning entries get published in a big beautiful art book every year in the fall (in time for X-mas shopping no doubt.) . I've been a fan of this book since it started ...well 19 years ago. I have them all except #6. I have been lucky enough that each year I submitted work, the judges picked one piece out of everything I did that year and published that 1 piece in that year's book. It's been a real thrill for me to be in this publication - this book that has inspired me for so many years. Every year, (so far at least!) I get 1 piece published; on a 1/4 of a page, or a 1/2 of a page, in this big beautiful art book... but this year, is the first time I was ever given ONE WHOLE PAGE to myself! What a surprise! Well.... with great pleasure, and much warm and tingling feelings, I present it to you my Tiki-Tribe...here it is.... SPECTRUM 19. On the left is the cover. Then, on page 198 is... (ta-dah-DAA!) "Hawaiian Eye"! 24" x 30-" acrylic on canvas So, I feel very proud, like I have struck a blow for "Tiki-Culture" with this FULL PAGE coverage. I have heard rumblings, and I bet u have too, from some gloom & doom crowd that "tiki is on the way out"...well, guess what? Here's a darned good test of what's the newest, and "BEST" in the art scene... and a piece of TIKI-ART got a gosh-darned-full-page in this year's book! I don't think Tiki is going away at all! Tiki is here... it's intermixed into the DNA of our pop-culture now, and always will be. Like the wild west, or pirates, or vampires, or Masked Professional Wrestlers, or Robots, or Super-Heroes... Big Aloha! B~ [ Edited by: tiki shark art 2012-12-16 01:59 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2012-12-16 02:06 ]

Aloha Tiki Tribe!

I just got my copy of SPECTRUM today!! WHOO-HOO!

For you folks who might check in once in a while to see what trouble I'm getting into, you probably know that every year, for the past 5 years, I have entered all my work from that year into the SPECTRUM art contest.

"SPECTRUM: The Years best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" - Winning entries get published in a big beautiful art book every year in the fall (in time for X-mas shopping no doubt.) . I've been a fan of this book since it started ...well 19 years ago. I have them all except #6. I have been lucky enough that each year I submitted work, the judges picked one piece out of everything I did that year and published that 1 piece in that year's book. It's been a real thrill for me to be in this publication - this book that has inspired me for so many years.
Every year, (so far at least!) I get 1 piece published; on a 1/4 of a page, or a 1/2 of a page, in this big beautiful art book... but this year, is the first time I was ever given ONE WHOLE PAGE to myself!
What a surprise!
Well.... with great pleasure, and much warm and tingling feelings, I present it to you my Tiki-Tribe...here it is....

SPECTRUM 19. On the left is the cover. Then, on page 198 is... (ta-dah-DAA!)

"Hawaiian Eye"!
24" x 30-" acrylic on canvas

So, I feel very proud, like I have struck a blow for "Tiki-Culture" with this FULL PAGE coverage. I have heard rumblings, and I bet u have too, from some gloom & doom crowd that "tiki is on the way out"...well, guess what? Here's a darned good test of what's the newest, and "BEST" in the art scene... and a piece of TIKI-ART got a gosh-darned-full-page in this year's book!
I don't think Tiki is going away at all! Tiki is here... it's intermixed into the DNA of our pop-culture now, and always will be. Like the wild west, or pirates, or vampires, or Masked Professional Wrestlers, or Robots, or Super-Heroes...

Big Aloha!
B~

[ Edited by: tiki shark art 2012-12-16 01:59 ]

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2012-12-16 02:06 ]

Post #661604 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Dec 15, 2012 5:44 PM