and you will,hang10,ol buddy!
Not as much product as last year,but a sizable selection to oggle at..
Preparing for that AND a November show can be quite daunting
i may need an end of the year vacation!
See you there!
Alooha Folks!
Well it's been a few days and to assure you that i haven't been slacking,here are a couple of more pieces for your ocular amusement..
"the Hidden Waterfalls"
Copic marker and pencil underdrawing on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
16.25 x 12.25"
Decided to play around with some
not so typical color palettes this session.
For his drawing, i just sketched out the initial landscape
in pencil
then decided on the mood and semi-light source,
and just winged it with copic and Chartpak markers...
Maybe enjoying the fumes a lil too much,but hey...
there aren't many perks when you're an old workhorse!
As planned,it began to take shape with a Paint by number feel.
That and the kind of 40ish wallpaper look/reminded me of some of the earlier print work we did at Hawaiian island Creations and Rusty back in the 90s...
those old fabric prints-
especially some of the Conversational ones
have this nice breakup/simplification of the
forms and plants and water and occupants...
Nice chunks of colors,
relying on a graphic breakup/easy to cut screens.
i think it was there that my love of
mythology and Tikis and the Exotic
translated into a love for old fabrics and graphics
from that whole poly-Pop era
(we just didn't know what to call it back then..)
the more playful the better with Rusty....
and a nice appreciation of Hawaiian culture,from Tropical prints to more down to earth native inspired art..
a playful mix of insider and outsider was the fare at H.I.C.
Anyways..
i hope you enjoy stumbling over the vegetation
with palms casting long shadows
diving into the cool clear water
RIGHT as the orange rays of evening begin to saturate it.....
THAT..My friends,is what i hoped to communicate in this piece...
Plus i wanted to investigate subtracting a step from the process... to see if i could get the same point in a more restrained manner...
Anyways...
NEXT UP.....
if you remember a week or so hence
(ALWAYS wanted to use the word "hence" in a sentence,but could never find the PERFECT opportunity.. this JUST might pass...)
i had produced an olive and green fanciful little drawing called
"Pele's River"
the olive and red
a kind of chancy combo
BUT just enough challenge to translate it into a painting
BUT with a reddish orange AND DARKER olive ground
and that ol angel of inspiration whispered."aqua"
and i knew i had the color that could
BIND the whole composition together
AND deflect any insider artist jibes about marketing for Christmas
with the red and green combo....
Well here is what happened..
Ordered some BooBen frames
and he got me some good'uns!
as you will see shortly..
"Pele's River"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
with a big hefty Beautiful Bamboo Ben frame
19.5 x 20.5"
painting 14 x 18"
and here it is
sans frame to envelop you into the WORLD before you!
and now let's wander about this fantastical landscape..
Here is the bottom left
where our journey begins....
My favorite area with an obviously Fireproof wooden bridge...
Next we carefully watch our steps and arduously reach the first hut,
an outpost of sorts...
My apologies for mixing a
Ku Tiki
a Hawaiian Goddess'river
with a Papua New Guinean Shield and House..
But hey.... Why not?
if you'd like to see it all Authentic
then paint one
or commission yours truly
:)
a little oasis of palms
Now be careful!
We're going to have to leapfrog over to the next hut....
Next we can take a gander at the FireBowl eater
BigToe was concerned that he might get indigestion...
He's a KU!
KU STRONG!
They eat fire for breakfast!
Nomnomnomnom!
Here's one more closeup of that ever-lovin bridge
my favorite area on this painting
the place i visit the most
and a final EXTRA ULTRA CLOSEUP!
to really get in there!
and there you have it...
i can now hit the pillow
assured that i was able to inspire and delight some friends!
Aloha!
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Yeeeeeeeah!
[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2014-06-17 22:59 ]
