ALEEEEEEEEEW-HA Dear Ohana!
Busy Busy Busy
as usual
but taking a breather
and catching up with with my dear fellow Tikiopaths...
But first...
allow me the courtesy of replying
to folks kind enough to write...
a LOT of you are shy and just like to visit
and enjoy a breath of fresh air
which is fine...
and i thank and am very thankful to you all....
BUT! if something ever REALLY moves ya
or if you were wonderin...
HOW does he do that? or
Where did THAT idea spring from?
or Who does your hair?
Do not be shy... it'll be FUN! :)
There actually was an
"Ask little lost tiki absolutely anything thread"
but after 33 pages of answering the strangest inquiries
it kinda derailed...
You can see it here!
and some of it is actually funny....i think.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=32779&forum=13&start=0
anyways.....
On 2015-01-21 01:16, swizzle wrote:
Love everything in this post Kinny, but that moai kicks arse!!!!
Swiz! What is UP and how is ENGLAND Land? Kinda thought you would dig the Moai on the Styx theme.. i plan on doing a few more,including the one you saw,as paintings...so stay tuned!
Scroll down for a lil history on the Moai reaper,Chummy!
and thanks for visitin!
On 2015-01-21 07:51, hang10tiki wrote:
All awesome
Messy KU rocks it
And
"Moai on the river Styx"
Wow
That's freekin killer
As usual, when up to bat, you hit it out of the park
Jon
Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!
Aloha Jon!
Thanks for poppin by fer a spell!
So happy the Messy Ku got you all charged up....
i promise,whenever the mood hits
and my left eye starts a-jumpin
that i'll do some more of these.....
it appears that the Moai is the People's Choice
here and on FaceBook
and it got snatched up and owned
Soooo.... this is the year i will be slowly peeking out of my studio-shell and will start producing some small runs of prints and such...and this may be one...
or a sticker... I've known matt over at poster pop for years and we always talked about prints and stickers....
so maybe it's time...
Well Jon.... the hittin it out of the park phrase
described how i felt upon completion of this puppy.
Just enough
experiment
with a foot in previous explorations
and enough restraint NOT to overdo it...
and i think this one had all of those qualities...
plus it's Death,and...sad to say
Death is hip....
:)
On 2015-01-21 08:05, cy wrote:
Always a feast for the ojos KR!!
Thank you cy!
Glad i could feed those ravenous orbs!
After finishing benvenuto cellini's Autobiography
i grabbed "the last Days of Socrates" and "the Screwtape Letters".. Both books that have some serious LOL moments.
Anyways.... Screwtape,in the latter book,is an uncle devil writing and giving advice (and veiled threats) to his nephew devil Wormwood about his "patient". (ie: soul on earth he's in charge of) To get to the point,the devils FEAST upon these souls after winning them over to their father below.... Lot's of reference to delicacies and delicious whimpering souls and such.... Your comment just reminded me of that,sorry for the segueway....
On 2015-01-21 08:30, tikilongbeach wrote:
Even your sketches are fun to look at!
Well MAHALO TLB!
the only thing i can say is that...
THEY WERE FUN TO CREATE!
the sketchbook is like a playground
the mind wanders and runs around and jumps here and there
like a dog sniffing out a faint scent...
Some of them succeed,while others bellyflop
BUT the journey and exploration and the final result are the reward...
the sketchbook musings are babies
newly formed and ready to grow.
And then,after the playground (sketchbook)
there comes the workshop (studio)
where it's polished and honed and brought to its potential.
It really is a Blast and a Joy and a Gift that i am always humbled to have
not only a mischievous imagination
but the ability to picture and render and communicate
these things to others....
i Hope by sharing my work and thoughts
that a little bit of that divine spark will travel thru your eyes and brain and fill YOU all up and inspire YOU ALL TO CREATE or DO THINGS that will inspire me
'Cause that's what it's all about!
Hey man! You live in long Beach!
You should come visit the studio sometime
i give a great 10ยข tour! :)
On 2015-01-21 10:44, danlovestikis wrote:
Blown away by your creativity. I hope to see you in March at Marketplace. I still love those birds and it was fun to see one on the head of a tiki. Oh Kinney you are so brilliant. Wendy
Dearest Wendy!
Where DO you find the time to create and go on adventures and post almost everyday here on Tiki Central? THAT is what blows me away,sweet sister! Thank you so much for all of the inspiration and love and amazement that you bring ALL of us here! and you were in my smiles while i was drawing that bird....how could you not be?
I'll try and get down there in March! :)
HUGs!
Okaaaaay.... Are you ready for some ART?
well,you're just gonna have to wait a second because....
LLT will have three pieces in this year's lalulapalooza at la Luz de jesus gallery!
Such a thrill to have some work chosen from 10's of thousands of entries!
must be doin somethin right.....
So, if you're in the neighborhood,come on down and say,"Aloha!" to myself and Toe ( he has a rad jay Adams painting that is a must See!)
I'll keep y'all posted on the details in later posts...
Well, seeing as the Moai on the River Styx was such a popular piece and you've all been such good kids,here's a blackline version for you to color!
and here's a Moai Reaper mug that popped into my head....
Anyone wanna produce these for me?
and here's the original inspiration for the Moai Reaper.
He's behind the Hawaiian Warrior...
It's from the Death card for the invitation to the
TIKOT! Tiki Tarot exhibition that was held "back in the day" at hodad hank's Freaky Boutiki.
Here's the flier...
and since we're on Death images
here's a sketal hula Girl
drawn for my dear friend Lennie
and her "la Vida Aloha" line
Here's two more mug drawings during a pause in the day's activities...
Also started a hut painting
just because....
i wanted to capture a hot muggy morning
this will be a "here and there" piece
i'll work on it here and there..
:)
here's a detail of the front so far..
a little closer
and the doorway
And also WAS going to do another Tiki mandala
Kind of an update to the
"Guardians of the Plumeria"
a golden oldie
but decided on a narrative..
have you ever had one too many at your favorite Tiki Temple.....Wind your way to the restroom
and afterwards spend 20 minutes trying to find your table? Well, that was what i began with....
So, instead of a balanced mandala
this composition would wind you all around the piece
as you stumble thru the armies of tables with half-consumed cocktails searching for...
"the Missing Table"
marker and watercolor on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
13 x 13"
Here is a Cyclopean pufferfish
presiding over the quest....
Now I'ma gonna show you all four sides of the piece
an opportunity to stumble thru the drawing and find that dern-blasted missing table!
Ever take a wrong turn and get caught in a Coctail Cul-de-sac?
That's what we got here...
the rush and smell of the waterfall are a comforting respite
before your voyage continues....
Returning the gaze of a mocking PNG shield on a wall, your eye stops and washes over the shelf in the background
admiring the variety of bowls and mugs that adorn it.
That is...before you spy a Lei-adorned clamshell FULL of delicious fruits and treats... Sustenance for your trek!
Finally, you find a clearing.. just a short stumble past a skull-eyed tiki,a brush against a torchlight
as you steady yourself on a post to a bridge...
Looking straight ahead,you perceive a darkened hallway....
With a giant canoe attached to the ceiling looking scornfully down
you use the bridgeposts as walking sticks and step onto the rocky floor,grimacing at a chubby buddha lono where all of a sudden...
there it is! That familiar Green cannibal with the skull in his mouth mug that contains your favorite libation! Congratulations!
You've found the missing table!
and with that ,i must go off to bed....
it's a school night!
Again,a sincere thank you to all of you that visit this post,
and to those of you who leave your thoughts.
it's nice to be able to have a conversation,although a slightly delayed one....
Anyways..have a great week and we'll talk soon,M'kay?
:)
