Post #702621 by Tiki Shark Art on Fri, Dec 20, 2013 3:06 AM

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Still working on "The RED TIKI LOUNGE". This painting is taking forever. It's so hard to work while being distracted with lawyers and reporters asking you things about "artist's rights" important stuff, of course. But it's cutting into my art making time, and sorry to say really getting me down. It's all dampened my Tiki art making mojo.
Here's the current work -

Painting Crazy Al as a zombie has been a lot of fun.

It's tough, but I gotta get to a place where I forget all the day to day junk and just fall into the creative flow and make the best art I can.

Of course, while the first law suit against Cafe Press for the using of one of my paintings with out my permission or knowledge is getting under way, what happens? Something ELSE pops up on Cafe Press web site that...well it's one of my paintings that's been reworked in photo-shop. One of the Tiki Tribe found it on line. Just depressing.

Here's my painting "Mystic Tiki #5 - the Skull"

And here's the image being sold as someone else's art work on Cafe Press. Looks like a photo shop reworking on my art. Lots of changes I know. But still creepy.
Well at least this guy slightly changed the design: http://www.cafepress.com/mf/68649915/mathews-matryoshkas_mugs?productId=654006403

What really creepy is this actual painting was stolen from the art patron who bought it. Stolen from his home here on the big island. Now this image turns up on Cafe Press. I hope this guy just grabbed the image off line, and isn't the guy who actually stole the real painting. Strange and creepy indeed.

Trying to Live Aloha, BP~