Hello Kiddies!
Still recovering from an Incredible Show last Friday...
so many friends and Ohana gathered at the Gargantuas Exhibition
So much Love and GREAT conversations with folks!
After that...
Rested and Relaxed and Read this weekend
Baths and Mudmasks....
a dash of post-Show Depression (that feeling of "okay......what next?")
and alternating between Don Quixote and Michael Moorcock's "Dancers at the End of Time" trilogy (a set of books that i haven't read since High School)
and then on Sunday
not having been able to paint for about a week
(on the edge of the edge of cranky)
finally! got to paint!
and it felt like JOY!
(i think the fact that the
4th Season of Archer is on Netflix now,
certainly enhanced the Euphoria that day)
But first.....
On 2014-03-06 08:07, TikiAno wrote:
Posters are great, newest work even greater, wish I could make it up to the show and see all of the work in person!
Dig "Rapa Nui Nocturne" and "Bar with Marquesan Artifacts," super awesome.... as always. Surfboard looks great too- THAT I'd love to see in person and all close up like. Wow.
Thanks TikiAno!
We will be having a DOCENT TOUR of the Gargantuas show this Saturday March 15th
223 W. Santa Fe in Fullerton (at the Magoski Art Colony)
Parking Garage (free) half a block down the street!
6 and 8 pm are the two tours-the gallery is open 6 to 10pm
and we gots a BEER sponsor!
Come on Down! It'll be a LARNin Experience!
and March 21st is the Closing Reception
6 to 10pm for that
Same address as above...
On 2014-03-06 12:17, Clarita wrote:
Everything very cool as always, and I LOVE the project for the Queen Amy, epic! Congrats.
Mahalo Clarita!
So glad you enjoyed the studies for that Big Project! Been sitting on it and awaiting the Queens word to GO! But,in the meantime,it was 3 months of preparing for the Gargantuas show and other projects...WHAT have YOU been working on lately,my friend? i just KNOW your brain is Buzzing with ideas you are going to bring to life! :)
On 2014-03-06 20:57, whoseyrtiki wrote:
Your manic creativity is always inspiring. That Sepik River totem surfboard is ridiculously off the hook cool! People would freak if I paddled out on that :D Eager to see it in person.
So..... What did you think? Hope you enjoyed yourself there! I usually feel overwhelmed and run outside for a cigarette and cinnamon whiskey break!I sealed the heck out of that board with some 2-part-the can's contents solidify after 24 hours...35 bucks a can,but Toe used it for a helmet he painted and it was PERFECT for the BOARD! all it needs is one fin (one was missing when i got it)but replace that
and it is good for paddle out!
or a photoshoot with a sweet wahine!
:)
If you missed it LAST Wednesday night
Here's our gargantuan Noisy Hour with the ever tolerant Ray Boylan
on LATalkRadio.com
Listen if you dare....
http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Boylan.shtml?date=March+5,+2014&file=030514
aaaaand some pictures taken by our dear Wendy and Dan and the esteemed nui 'umi 'umi
and a couple others gleaned from Facebook,OC Weekly,etc.
Enjoy!
THERE!
I hope that made you feel like you were there if you couldn't make it..
You were in our gargantuan hearts and thoughts that night! :)
Well...like i said earlier
i gots to paint on Sunday
and it was wonderful and long overdue
after a week or so muddled in alls and artist statements and the like
Here it is!
"Outside the Hidden Village"
acrylic and certainly-vinyl on wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame!
image: 15 x 19"
with frame: 20 x 21.5"
and just the image...
No real story here for this one
at least no intended one..
this one started as just swishes and swirls of color
a frantic sketch in white pastel pencil (wipes off with damp towel after dry!)
and then building up the mood
the depth
and a alls bit of mystery...
and some close-ups
the First mask tied to a mossy tree
smiling and beckoning the viewer to walk closer
to the far right
there's a surprised fellow
Is he warning us to be wary?
Does he see something behind us?
hmmmmm
Anyways,the Tiki below him ain't buying it
Mr. Crabbypants on the right seems to be trying to force some advice upon the
younger shield,still filled with happy wonder....
And what's the deal with the huts in the background?
Are they occupied?
Abandoned?
This shot gives a good view of some of the foreground plants
the swishy brushy background
peeps out of the ground
here and there....
the shield on the left
appears to be the young buck's older brother
There! a kind of narrative for you
if'n you need one!
If not....just enjoy the MOOOOOD!
Hope to see you on Saturday!
DOCENT TOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)
Thank you again for all the comments and visits
Makin this cel hermit SMILE!
:)
