TSA
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TSA
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Sorry I was off-Island for my art show at La Luz De Jesus Gallery:
Here's some pics !
I got the green room this time - very swanky - big thanks fro Curator Matt Kennedy and owner Billy Shire!
I had shipped most my art ahead and it was already hung!
I get goose bumps every time I hang at La Luz De Jesus Gallery- it's the world famous Birth place of the Art movement I work in and love - Low-Brow!"
It wasn't the show I wanted to put up, but there were a lot of good pieces, and it was very well received! Big Thanks to my hard core patrons and fans! Big Mahalo!!
The Gallery Also displayed my new Tiki-Towels - Who Hoo!
The show was very classy looking - thanx Billy!
I even got to show off the new Skate Decks! These came out really spectacular and I'm excited to see what happens when they hit the retail stores next season!
Did I say the 4th was a strange day to hold an opening? And yes the HARD CORE fans showed up!
…and mama Tiki Shark of course!
If filled up, not the usual shoulder to elbow room only for an opening, but it was nice you could actually see the art!
Great time, and all but two pieces sold that night!
Great to meet friends I had not seen in a while, and meet folks I only knew from the net!
Great crowd, all came looking for the Tiki-Art. I really dig how Billy hung the skate decks!
I was so happy that one of my oldest mentors showed up! He was very pleased to see one of his students making it this far into the art world.
And let's not forget the Gallery was fully stocked with Tiki Mugs and Calendars And other Brad Tiki-Shark Parker Swag!
Right now I think it's the last place you can get a full set of the rare "Body Glove Set of 3 Tiki-Mugs"!!
The less then over crowded amount of folks made it possible for me to take questions about my art and what each piece meant!
The Owners of Body Glove Came Out - and Jenna helped me demonstrate how art is really made!
And , of course, for a shot of courage , I could always slip next door to the Tiki Ti !!!
They build an altar to my tiki -art and summer stuff!
The 4th of July is a strange night for an opening, so the crowd wasn't the usual shoulder to elbow room only, but a lot of die -hard tiki fans showed up!
Tiki Al and I had a loud Aloha Shirt contest!
All my Ohana got Aloha Style hugs if they wanted them or not!
Other big time Tiki Artists showed up like LLT - aka Kenny!
I got to show my terrible man-crush I have on Kenny in front of the whole world!
Here's what some one called the Three Kings of Tiki Art - (L to R) Some guy, Kenny Ruzic and Big Toe Aka Tom Laura!
Tiki Tribe Who come to the Gallery get a FREE copy of my home town paper where I made the front page in a battle over the rights to my art work!
It was a great show, and an honor to hang at the "La Luz De Jesus Gallery" - Big BIG Mahalo Billy Shire!!
[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2014-07-20 17:41 ]
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