AlooooooooooooooooooooHAW Ohana!
how ya Doin?
Hope you're doing well
and if not....
let this week's Art Dump put a smile RIGHT into your heart!
:)
But first.... let's answer some nice notes from some good friends...
On 2014-12-31 08:09, hang10tiki wrote:
Messy T looks cool
The other 3, well they made me thirsty :)
HANGTEEEEEEEEEN!
Glad you like the messy tang
he barely made it to his new hut
he took a lil beating from some disgruntled postal workers
but appears to be recovering...
Scroll down! I did another one just for all you messy dirty children
and some sloppy stream of consciousness sketchbook offerings...
May this new batch quench your thirst,old chum!
On 2014-12-31 15:27, danlovestikis wrote:
Just when I thought you had forgotten us... Not! The show looks over the top. I hope you'll do more waterfalls.
I was so sad to miss zerostreet I'm so happy to see that he got to hang out with all you wonderful artists.
Hugs, Wendy
Hello Wendy my dear!
It WAS fun meeting Robert and the Gato
How could i forget you and the Ohana?
I do often get sidetracked before and after an exhibition
and this holiday consisted of a lil bit of tiki and whole lot of
other subjects from this 25 year compendium
so i threw those on the website blog and shared a few on facebook
http://kinnyruzic.com/blog/
it was like a great outpouring
a flow
Lot's of sloppy mussin up on some sketchbooks
not much Tiki,but hey!
Everybody has other outside interests and inspirations
and they're often used to season the tiki pieces in just the perfect way!
painting a BIG waterfall for the exhibition was so much FUN!
and it was a lark... a break,a warm up
after finishing Saint Surveillance at a breakneck pace
i didn't want to get back into a HUGE grand piece
like finishing the 4 x 6 footer Rebel Angels
so i figured a lil bit of playing on a 2 x 6 surface
could be a good way to expend that energy and slow the speed down to a light rev
and the waterfalls was a perfect,no pressure,love-filled peaceful oasis
amidst the flurry of the rest of the paintings....
Glad you catch that waterfall peacefulness
it shows in your eyes and friendly smile.... :)
On 2015-01-05 16:11, Tabu wrote:
Wow, I love the "Messy Tangaroa" . Very coooool.
Mahalo Tabu!
Glad you like the Tang
it really was a hoot playing with some different styles...
and the Ralph Steadman,Ronald Searle inspiration
was just the thing to inspire these messy drawings...
it has always helped to sometimes just shoot from the hip
drop the typical easy-to-slide-into style
but to jump off a cliff and feel the wind pelt your face!
That was a fun sloppy week...
a few "Black Friday" and "Animals in Space" pieces were born from that outpouring as well.....
they're on the blog as well if you wanna get your hands dirty....
On 2015-01-07 09:31, danlovestikis wrote:
Tabu I said that too. Keep working llt and keep messing it up!
Well what a coincidence kids!
Santa must have heard your cries for some more messy
and look what he brought y'all!
!!!!!!
"Messy Ku"
ink,white-out pen and watercolor on watercolor paper
"Mask of Good Cheer"
ink,Copic pen and watercolor on watercolor paper
private collection
"Totem"
ink,Copic pen and watercolor on watercolor paper
"Wall Hanging"
ink,Copic pen and watercolor on watercolor paper
Now here's some REAL messy sketchbook flurries
just getting ideas out
before they disappear
which often happens.....
they're like little sprites
one minute they're on your shoulder
the next they flutter off mid-sentence....
Here are some of them lil varmints i was quick enough to catch....
some playing with Hawaiian Tikis
reducing or exaggerating their elements...
and this little plucky fellow stood out among the others
These sketchbooks are like a shotgun blast
something's gotta stick,right?
What a wonderful mystery,this art is!
Also had an opportunity to re-approach an old old old seed
i had left germinating back in 2006-2007
For a Children's book
about a little lost tiki
But despite countless sketches and character analysis
and short stories within stories
nothing ever came to fruition
projects and exhibitions and all that
and work...
Well.. this fellow holds some promise
but i will leave it at that for now
and share some drawings....
the deep thoughtful gaze displayed below
is rumored to be shared by the artist himself!
and finally,a long narrow piece
inspired by those 2-color illustrations
of the books i grew up with
black and tan
black and blue
black and olive
black and yellow
black and burnt orange
black and periwinkle
like the five Chinese brothers book
that i still enjoy from time to time
Anyways,this aesthetic inspired a little trio of 2-colored vignettes...
"the Journey"
Pen and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
"the Fifth Drink"
Pen and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
"Sepik River Drums"
Pen and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Thinking about prints
maybe doing a baker's Dozen
small runs
who knows?
after that,some bigger drawings began to unfold
little seed babies waiting to develop into paintings...
"the Crocodile god"
Pen,watercolor,and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
"the Watering Hole"
Pen,watercolor,and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
and one of my favorites...
it was from a piece of paper i had sketched
quite a few years back
when hank and the Freaky boutiki had a Tiki Tarot exhibition
So i had the splendid gift of being able to do a Death and Judgment card
one for the invitation
the other for the exhibit
anyways... this next piece was inspired by a page of rough
maori/PNG/Easter island deathly characters
which led to the question of...
what if i substituted Charon with a Reaper-esque Moai
and instead of the muddy waters of the Sepik in papua new guinea
why not scoot him down the river Styx?
and so this next drawing
which might become a painting
was born....
"Moai on the River Styx"
Pen,watercolor,and Copic marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
private collection
Here's some close-ups...
i pugged up his nose
allowing for the nasal cavity to show
gave him tiny scary skull like marquesan teeth
and by lowering the ear into an overhang
and creating a pronounced cheekbone
he became a perfect reaper character for this journey!
Here's a creepy jungle vulture type fellow
greedily eyeing the fish rising to the surface....
Also a few PNG Skull-ish shield/masks developed from
those initial sketches...
See kids? Save Everything
keep it ALL in a BOUND sketchbook
and NEVER lend them out....
They are friends and will help you in your hour of parched inspiration...
and here's a detail of a few more Skull masks on the shore
as well as a bird/Yipwan Scythe...
Here's a couple more ghoulish carvings on the shores of the Styx...
A crocodile prow
and a few half-submerged souls
a nod to Dante...
and a lil upside down action
just to show y'alls how a skull can be incorporated into a croc head
with minimal aesthetic disruption.....
Thank you all again
for your visits and comments and encouragement...
lots of Surprises in store for this year
Wish i could share them
but time will bring them closer
and all shall be revealed!
have a great night,Ohana!
http://www.kinnyruzic.com Art-Blogs-Wishes Fulfilled!
I'm on Facebook too! under my real name Ken Ruzic
Yeeeeeeeah!
[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2015-02-03 20:53 ]
