TSA
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TSA
ALOHA TIKI TRIBE!
Well I went to bed a while ago, but awoke and could not go back to sleep. I was thinking about my current painting. Something was wrong… something was off and was bothering me to no end. And allowing me no sleep.
Here it is, still lots of work needed.
However, I had really focused and got the sunset just as I wanted, with it's funky squiggly clouds. This part feels right to me. No compromise I just worked on it till I got it right.
Not so, did I feel about the "Lava Rock Structure" the Night Marchers will be marching on.
It's all wonky. I thought a sort of warped twisted structure would be better and more looking like it was built by the Menehunes in one night. But, instead it just looked sloppy. Wrong.
I went back and studied the Lithograph by M.C. Escher: "Ascending and Descending". It is the unending stairs I wanted the Night Marchers to be marching on. M.C. Escher's is perfect not sloppy. It's geometry is perfect. It's perspective drawing is perfect.
It hit me.
To make this right, and to make it feel right & look right to me I was going to have to do a MAJOR re-paint of this structure.
"Confucamus!" I cursed - like MAD MAX in "Fury Road" - ( by the way the one curse word in "MADMAX Fury Road" is Latin. It roughly translates to "F¥@K all of this!" or "We are all so F¥©Ked!" )
There's No getting around this. It was going to have to be the HARD WAY, and a lot of work. I gotta' start from scratch- redraw the Lava Rock Stairs - and totally repaint them.
Leaving just the sky, the sunset, and Diamond head alone. No compromise.
With time ticking away, my Art show less then one year away, ( I got about 8 months to paint) I had to take a few steps backwards and correct this major painting. I felt slightly sick.
This is an epic piece about one of the best local legends, and it has to be done exactly right, with dignity, beauty, - as best as I can. As close to what I saw in my dream.
I started sketching in the middle of the night.
This drawing came out.
It's straighter.
Feels better.
I got the palm tree growing through the lava rock at a better angle, finally figured out.
Now I know where the palm leaves are going.
Plus, I added in four TIKIS - one at each corner.
Very good!
Now it's 4 AM.
More work tomorrow, wish me luck!
[ Edited by: tiki shark art 2015-10-12 17:27 ]
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