Aloha Ohana!
Hope you're all doing well
have a bit of rum in ya
and are ready to visit for a bit
Got twenty new things to share
since our last chat almost a month ago!
But first,let me speak with my dear art-sister Wendy
On 2015-12-03 07:16, danlovestikis wrote:
Oh you tease! I enjoyed looking at everything again. This time I saw the fish bowl on the Abandoned Table and though what a great bowl that would make.
I'm so happy you approve of the bowl I'm making for Jen Tiki. It will be fun to glaze it and see how it looks.
Keep on giving us joyful paintings. Thank you, Wendy
Will DO,dear friend!
I am VERY stoked at the progress of the bird bowl! It's a delight to see this piece pop off the painted surface and into the Reals World!
First off, i do hope you will come down to Don the beachcombers on Saturday January 23rd
for the International Tiki Marketplace!
LOTS of Artists! Lots of Genius Craftsmen! Lots of Vendors!
and of course....lotsa Yummy Drinks inside a Bona-Fide Tiki treasure of ours!
i hope your holidays were the BEST!
We'll start with some fun drawings and get progressively more Intense..
Follow me!
"Entrance"
pen,ink,and marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
9x12"
"Appearance of the Bird Chief"
pen,ink,and marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
Love that BIG wing swooping in from the upper right hand corner!
SWOOSH!
"Giant on the Ocean Floor"
This piece is still in progress...
it was created to show an example of the stages taken when i create a woodburn...
the pencil base drawing
the woodburning
and the final tinting over the woodburn...
This should be finished by the Marketplace on the 23rd...
This next piece WAS going to be in the Mondo Tiki show
but it wasn't speaking to me halfway....
it was being a brat....
but,i guess the warmth of the Holidays melted his heart or fired me up
and he was able to finally allow himself to be finished....
"the Cannibal King's Drunken Helmet"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on board with a Chunky Bamboo Ben frame
Here are three details for you to oggle over....
and here's some details of the soused skulls in his helmet
the next piece is a BIG 'un!
It's from those earlier investigations/studies/elaborations
of Leonard Weisgard/Jim Flora/Mary Blair
from a few weeks back... Thought a 3x3' piece would make a suitable impact
"Tropical Village"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on canvas
3x3'
Here's the tippy-top!
It was a Blast throwing in VERY unlikely colors and patterns
and then shading it until it developed a subtle realism
stylized,but coming to life....
Here's a lake on the far side of the island...
a close-up so you can see the way the colors were lay-ed down...
Fishies!
Next batch of drawings you will be shown here
were either Winner or Not so Much ideas for future paintings
this first one is a FOR SURE!
"the Afternoon Shade"
marker on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
private collection
"the Basking Bird"
marker and ink on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
"the Patient Listener"
marker and ink on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
private collection
"Visit to the Shore"
ink and watercolor on Aquarelle watercolor paper
"Walkway to the Cavern"
marker and ink on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
Here's a quicker,less detailed visit to the above mentioned styles
in the "Tropical Village" painting
"Homecoming"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on masonite
16 x 20"
and here's some details from this piece
showing how GRAPHIC shadows and depth were used
and then LEFT ALONE after that
(unlike the "Tropical Village" piece,which develpoed that lighting further)
Also,over the Holidays.some Poko Ono Mugs were customized...
Here are the Editions....
Haole-Quin-private collection
Lemon Xanthous
Tide Pool-private collection Sunny Delight
Solid Gold Comedy Gold-private collection
and lastly.....TWO SPECIAL commissions...
They're destined for a Brand New Old School Tiki Bar opening soon...
That's all i can say,but as the date gets closer
MORE WILL BE REVEALED!!!!
the concepts for these were VOLCANO and WATERFALL
So two 30 x 40" frame-backed wood panels were bought and the studies began....
"the Unexpected Eruption"
Then the blackline was developed more...
and then colored up...
finally,it was sketched on wood....
and here it is as of Today....
still a lot of work on it,
but i'm pleased with the progress....
Next piece concerns waterfalls...
first the studies...
after showing these to the client,he only asked if i would put a monkey in there somewhere....
Seeing as a primate would be hiding during a volcanic eruption,a waterfall valley seemed a much friendlier place for him to live!
"Watchers of the Falls"
first painting session..
How it looks so far today...
and here are some details of the characters and elements that occupy this lil world....
Monkey!
Hut!
Drum!
Tiki!
Birds!
Waterfall!
That is all for today,dear friends....
Hope you enjoyed our visit!
See you soon!
:)
