Post #719880 by little lost tiki on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 9:28 PM

Howdee Fellow Tiki Centralians!

Created a few more pieces for Tiki Oasis this year and a couple more surprises BELOW!

But first.......let's chat it up!

On 2014-06-04 00:20, lunavideogames wrote:
Love all of your art! I need to buy more of it!
I will go running now if that is something better to do. Possibly for my body, but not my soul :wink:

Mahalo for the kind sentiments,LGV! Running is good for both body and soul,my friend... The solitude,the focus,the isolated action...they all aid the soul,so run to your heart's content.And whenever you desire more LLT art,there will always be pieces available for your hut!
:)

On 2014-06-04 03:49, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Really dig your continued exploration of color in your work, Kinster!
your mood is coming through in those little splashes of whimsy too.

Thanks Lancelot!
Being a lover of color yourself,i am glad you dig...

On 2014-06-04 07:45, hang10tiki wrote:
Epic eye candy

Thanks Buddy! While the pieces are never as eye-popping as seeing the original,there's still enough OOMPH! there to delight all my friends on the internets! :)

On 2014-06-10 19:19, hiltiki wrote:
The Singing Waterfall rocks.

Mahalo Darling! That one was really a joy,as i imagined the sounds and the smells of wet stone and wood aromatic concoctions... I hope the audience is able to feel a lil bit of that magic....

Well, in between creating work for the big November solo show and working four days a week,Tiki Oasis looms...awaiting
and this boy needs some new pieces for the peeps.
Not too many,like last year
just enough...

this way the boy doesn't get run ragged....

"Men's House"
Kuvenmas Village
Blackwater River
Middle Sepik region
Papua New Guinea
pyrography on wood with cel-vinyl tinting
6x12"

here's a close-up of the front of the structure
with inset tiki and crocodile mid-beam

the row of trees behind the men's house

the jungle behind the village

the side of the building,with porches and windows and support poles

the distant jungle on the other side of the piece

Here's a reeeeeal close-up of the tiki in the inset on the front of the men's hut..You can get a real good look at the rough nature of the woodburning...

"Waft of the Sea Breeze"
acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
6 x 12"

a fun sweet painting in a modernist-inspired style
Here's a detail showing the Uli-Uli and distant bay

and here's the Heiau with a pair of Hawaiian Tikis carved into thew support poles...

and now.....
Here's some fun behind the scenes stuff!

As you already know,my ultra-talented and extraordinary art-mate Thor and i will be vending out of our suite near the pool this year at Tiki Oasis this year.
Well, Holden was kind enough to pitch us each doing a mug and a bowl to premiere at the event...Needless to say,we were thrilled and up for the challenge.
That challenge being to come up with some concepts
get two approved
and then create final art for the sculptor
all in about a week....

Usually a mug simmers slow roasts percolates for a bit
being fine-tuned and re-examined over a month or so...

Not these!
Reliance on initial thoughts and seasoned and trained instinct had to come into play.
Here are some of the sketches i sent to Holden. The chosen mug and bowl have been blurred out to enhance the anticipation...

These were mostly gleaned from old sketchbooks and characters/mugs
from my Tiki bar interior paintings...
These two rely on texture
to reward the owner with a nice feel..
something to stroke while sitting in a booth and chatting with your girlie...
On this page is a Modernist style aquatic bowl
to satiate my educated sophistimicated side
and then the silly side concocted the happy sad shields on a thatched "wall"
a light-hearted papua new Guinea inspired vessel...

Here's a page with a bunch more concepts
Modernist Moais
Maori rowers
and Fishies and Coral!

a Dopey Gope
a big bold Tropical Moderne thin sleek mug
and a grumpy fellow lifted from "Pele's Diamond"
a spy-themed Cocktail scene painted for the Tiki Oasis Spy exhibition

and here is another mug concept page
(with the Mystery Mug blurred out for now)

i just LOVE the top left mug
it would be a Tiki bar wall scene in low relief...
If any of youse want to make some of these for me
let's talk.
i just don't have the motivation to branch out in mug production today....

And here is our last page of concepts
(with the mystery bowl blurred out)
"Dammit Janus" my favorite name of the batch
i was kinda hoping for a Janus style mug-but oh well...

Anyways...Hope you all enjoyed this brief little share
Thanks again for visitin and enjoying the work...
See you all SOONS!
:)