ALOHA kiddies!
Well... Busier than a bee these days
but LOTS of goodies to share
if you're patient enough to give me some time answering the good folks who take the time to post their thoughts..
After that,you're in for some FUN!!!
Wheeeeeeeeee!
On 2016-01-12 15:20, danlovestikis wrote:
Delicious eye candy. I'm full! Wendy
Glad i could fill a fellow artist's eyes and tummy!
You are such the beaming ray of sunshine,Wendy!
LOVE jentiki's orongo bowl you just built! BEAUTIFUL!!!
and so many more examples of GREAT work with GOOD thought put into them!
Thanks for ALL the inspiration and energy you dedicate to art,ohana,and life!
On 2016-01-16 07:01, hang10tiki wrote:
This is one epic page
Luv da "Giant on the ocean floor"
U killin it Bruddah
Thanks hang10! i just LOVE woodburning
the classic style/the finish/the subtlety...actually restraint of the pieces....they don't shout like a carny barker...they whisper and lure with a crooked finger...Thanks so much for the encouraging words! i will carry the mantle and always try to produce my best,and will even show you my worst,to help y'alls avoid the same pitfalls! thanks again for the visit!
On 2016-01-16 11:15, TikiDaye wrote:
Kinney! Killing it as usual... Brilliant works coming to life. You're a rockstar.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, inspiration, process and more! Truly inspires me, brother!
Be blessed and be a blessing, my friend. Peace.
Thanks Jason!
i do hope that this gift IS a gift to others!
to make their hearts smile
or fill them with wonder
or just to pump up their imaginative reveries...
i do hope it moves enough folks to something beautiful or good.
Ain't that what we're all here for ?
Glad i could pass on a fraction of the joy i feel creating these
to others!
:)
On 2016-01-17 17:57, 2n wrote:
The details on these paintings are amazing!
Mahalo 2n!
i try to infuse the pieces with an actual world
with all of it's minute LITTLE things that contribute to that world,and mood i choose to convey...Plus the OCD probably doesn't hurt....
Thanks for the visit and comment!
Please come visit again time to time! :)
On 2016-01-17 19:56, TikiAno wrote:
Holy moly! Unfortunately I won't be able to see these in person next weekend, but man oh man these are purty pieces of awesomeness.
Impressed, as always.... and always love reading your posts, makes me happy and inspired and all that other good stuff. Wait- maybe that's the rum :wink:
Probably a little of both,Ano!
Glad i could help boost some happiness and inspiration to fellow artists and Tiki lovers! Hugs to you kids!
On 2016-01-17 20:11, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
WOW!
It is Ken Ruzic World, and we just get to live in it. and lucky we ARE to do so!
AWE some new WORK KEN RUZIC!
Where to start ripping you off? er.. I mean being inspired by?
All soooo good!
My favorites:
Cannibal King is AWESOME as I'm working on a Tiki with a Bizzilion SKULLZ around it too.
I'm all in S K U L L Z mode too right now,
so I am DIGGIN' IT!
The Double Fist-er
Sounds like a hard core Porno Movie I "Accidentally" rented once,
and a really mean "Nine Inch Nails" song I got on this special limited CD.
Butt... it's REALLY an AWESOME dimensional looking work of TIKI ART!
The Offering
AMAZING Color choices - made my heart stop!
I gotta , just GOTTA paint with them in the next 30 seconds or so, as soon as I get off line!
Too beautiful for me not to try my hand at!
Sorry, and THANKS!
OHMIGOSHNESS!
Oh by freaking FARQUAR - yougottabeF-ingkiddingme!
Cartoon Mid-century looking Island MAPS!
NOOOOO WAY!
Great George Freaking Farquhar!
AWESOME!
I am drooling with brain overload now…
Friendly Isle
I am weeping, on the floor….. angry tears pour from my red eyes…
like Salieri glaring with love, and hate, at the Sheer unescapable genius talent of Mozart….
I curse GAWD…. WHY have you made of me the TIKI artist alive at the same time Ken RUZIC is Alive!
Later…..
I grab my paints, and a canvas, I slink down to the water's edge by the gloom of the moon, I scream and call into the depth of the deep waters:
"Oh Dreaming Cthulhu! Cthulhu! Hear me Great Cthulhu-Farquharson the Art-Maker from the outer Darkness! Hear my supplication, I beg you! I MUST make art as good as the…. the…. the ! Do you hear me? The RUZIC!"
I fall screaming to the sand, writhing in artistic agony, - frothing as unholy & alien artistic visions invade my rodent-like-art-brain….
Then…
...I slowly crawl back to my studio.
Is my shaking hand grabs the tube of blue or is the room shaking as the volcano erupts?
oh…wait was it ultramarine blue?
Or was it Ruzic blue?
Prussian Blue?
...
Oh Ruzic!
Hey Bradley!
cobolt! Your excitement is contagious
and the creative fire has taken hold!
and you know what happens whenever that strikes.....
HERMIT-MODE!
So...my apologies for not replying sooner
of course,you know the deal...
Art first...
everything else just KEEPS us FROM Art...
:)
as for the cannibal King!
Skulls! Skulls! Skulls!
Countless FARQUARSHIT!
You render skulls so KNOWINGLY,Brad!
i imagine you have a cellar full of them...
The Double Wowz DOES sound like a movie that's NOT on our Victims list...
We're getting older and Fister are on the horizon...Artjam
That piece has planted a seed that wants MORE dimensional totems
carved by day,animated at night!
Glad that "the Offering" was an inspiration to ply with some colors...
There's always this fear of mine...of getting locked into
and gravitating towards the same old colors.....
Whenever that happens...it's off to the masters!
not only of Fine Art,but graphic design as well!
colonoscopies Glaser,Seymour lol,Art Chantry,to name a few..
As well as Children's books! Old album covers!
and ephemera!
There's a WORLD of colors out there!
Your milton captures SO much of the Chwast experience,the land...
the VIBE!
But as an ever growing,challenging thyself artist of merit
your brain is at multiple locations and concepts at once....
maybe being outside amongst nature's splendor
has allowed for tinge of the interior
of classic post-modern structures and how THEIR colors affected the environment enclosed....
start with the palette. blue/aqua/olive/black/white colorway of the Offering
and try some springboards from there...
replace the olive with a burnt orange...or a chartreuse
or even a Hawaiian....and watch the mood TRANSFORM!
Cartoon Mid-Century Maps?!?!
of course...
saw a 1x1" little tiny lit Flora isle of Britain
or maybe just a European generic fairytale island...
Well, i just let it soak in and translated it into a grey Tropical Way inaccurate Map of jim New Guinea...
have some ideas for other locales
so stay tuned,Art Brother!
and HUSH! calling Cthulhu from his Ruzicified long slumber!
What matters to him what us ants make with our puny hands and intellect?
Simply look at some kid's books from your youth
and see what beautiful STARTING POINTS they have left for us!
i owe this island series aesthetic to Leonard papua!
And while it's good to always strive for the best in what we create
We each follow our own paths and intersect with those whom we love and whom we are meant to teach or to learn something from..
I am so thankful that the universe has made aeons Art brothers,Brad!
and thankful to know that the same fears,trepidations,and doubts
are shared by all of us who pour our souls ,hearts,and energies into masterworks....
love you and Thank you so much for the equivalent of a productive art jam online,buddy!
:)
On 2016-01-18 10:13, Weisgard wrote:
Had to bump this up, love what Brad said, its epic.
Amen to That,hiltiki!
it was so great seeing your cute smiley face at Don't hiltiki marketplace!
:)
On 2016-01-18 14:07, danlovestikis wrote:
ius thank you for the bump up. I am so looking forward to Kinney's response. Wendy
Weren't Brad's word sweet and wonderful!
I am fortunate to know such a warm kooky
KIZZ/Lovecraft fanboy Artbrother!Providence!!!!
I wish both him and you were located closer to Orange,CA.
Imagine the Artjams!
Imagine what could be created during these meetings?
:)
On 2016-01-24 16:19, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
Amazing! The color choices are so good… I can't stop looking at this piece. The more I study it the better it gets.
I got to work on my color choices more carefully. Great work KR!
Thanks again Brad!
VERY eager to see the end results of YOUR experiments with color!
Also glad your jumping off into the void
and creating work on newsprint and other clever approaches!
the better we all get,the better and more valid our Niche becomes!
Like i said... there's a world of colorways out there
and often,i find
all they need is a slight shift
and they fall into the world we paint and occupy!
Love you ALL!
and thank you again for such a fruitful batch of comments!
They were delicious!
:)
Well. played around with Easter island and stylized it a bit
but tried to capture the locations of moais and topography and the quarries...
so it's kinda accurate...
"Easter island"
ink and marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper
and ....just for fun
lay-ed down these three "Pineapple Melodies"
and sold two of em at the Intl Marketplace!
Guess folks felt the FUN i had with em!
Also,Don't know if this was mentioned before or not.
but...due to the Bloated hype machine that is Doug,Toe,and Myself
Grumbles appeared on the continent of Australia
"We WANT a Gargantua Show with these three Behemoths in Straya! Oi!"
Well... Tony and Janet Peake heard their Mournful cries
and now it is OFFICIAL!
Doug,Toe,and myself WILL be heading to Terra Austral
for a....
LOW-DOWN
LOW-BROW
THROW-DOWN
DOWN-UNDA!
end of May....
may i unveil.....
KUSTOM TIKI KILL! KILL!
a continuation of our
Clash of the Titans
War of the gargantuans
Blood Orgy of the Behemoths
onslaught of optical damage!
More on that later!
Fair Dinkum!
Well... the two 30 x 40"
Volcano and Waterfall paintings
are ALMOST done...
HowieTiki had it's opening this weekend...
Tiki in Texas with lots of thought and class!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=51124&forum=2&5
Check them out on Facebook as well!
Mark,the owner,is doin it up RIGHT!
So, in admiration of this good guy's attention to detail
and providing our scene with another Tiki bar
i was determined to provide him two pieces of hi-caliber
that visitors could get lost in!
here are the original studies...
The first piece will be the volcano
"the Unexpected Eruption"
and here it is sketched on the wood before paint is applied...
and here it is today....
(if you'd like to see the humble beginnings and
tedious buildup of shadows and lighting-go back one page.
there's more than enough to bore all but the purest of art geeks)
Anyways... here it is today....
almost done...
As you can see,
the depth of field has been firmly anchored
with little tricks to unbalance any solid footing into the scene...
Also, the eruption and the projectiles and the lighting on the smoke clouds and surrounding hills have been toiled over and wrassled into submission....
Also note the background night sky i have started....
Gonna make that TWINKLE real Good!
Besides the nice viscous lava
slithering down the lush hills
the raw umber and violet used for the shadows help
saturate the scene with night
Night..when we are most vulnerable
when all is still....
the PERFECT time visually for an Explosive eruption...artistically...symbolically
thief in the night
robbing the islanders of calm and security....
and then there's Maude...
a momento mori
eat,drink,and be merry
a reminder to enjoy what we have and to be thankful for every second
we have been granted to occupy this planet...
Slap-dashed the initial lighting on these bones
and then built up the layers and lighting...
Here's a close-up of the ridges and crags and tightly packed ditches and grooves of grasses and leaves and trees
as lava rolls over the ground..
Been slowly working up the lighting off of the lava
onto the landscape and trees...
Still needs a few hours...
One of the Shield Totems on the outskirts of the men's hut
alarmed by the sudden blast of the volcano
LOVE the hands grasping the lower lip
a little oasis of humor
amongst a terrifying cataclysm!
This other shield also displays a look of shock
Even his pupils are rattled a tad!
in the background
the men's hut is starting to stir...
Another half hour on the hut
need to bathe it in some more of that Eruption...
get it all involved and stuff!
a dozing Orongo/cassowary/toucan chimera
has his delightful dream interrupted by the blast...
Oh! before i forget...
I added a blue outline/rim lighting
to pop the elements in the foreground/of emphasis
You can also see some of the beginnings of the night sky and the nice vista of distance
between the bird and the distant night sky....
i hope you enjoyed that tour
Now here's piece two
the as yet untitled Waterfall piece
Studies....
Sketched on the wood
before paint...
and here's how it looks today..
only a few more sessions(2-3 evenings after work)
Now.. the astute observer will notice that a Monkey
has horned his way onto a branch in this peaceful scene
Well, here's the story behind his appearance....
Mark, the owner of Howie's Tiki knows how to
direct a commission...he allows the artist to do what he does
has very few requirements except Volcano,Waterfall,colorful,captivating...
aaaaaaand ,could i add a Monkey?
Sure! Monkeys are valid in the Tiki Bar/PolyPop scene
and i haven't painted a primate in a while....
So... in fine artistic tradition
studies were in order!
Here are some sketchbook musings before the final simian was chosen...
Here are the Hut and Papua New Guinea inspired drum..
i wanted to imply the crocodile into the landscape
without necessarilly putting the birds amd monkey in danger..
This is a daytime,lighter piece
to offset the Eruption painting...
While some areas of the water are built up
other areas are simply a wash or two of cel-vinyl and matte acrylic...
allowing the grains to produce the ripple for us...
i love the way the falls look in the upper left corner!
siiiiigh.....
Here's the bird basking in the filtered sunlight
and enjoying the gentle waft of mist
notice how these fellows are outlined
like in the volcano painting....
and here's BOTH birds....
a little apprehensive about the monkey's arrival
but his chilled demeanor sets them at ease
allowing them all to enjoy the peaceful afternoon...
Hopefully the visitors to Howies will share in this respite...
And above is a close-up of the background distant waterfall
a spot to take a dip
or have a picnic!
it's the details like this that create a WORLD
a tangible
believable WORLD!
Who wants to gloss over a landscape?
i want a thick Rosseau jungle to DIVE into
to drown in!
Thus concludes our tours of the PAINTINGS
Next entry...probably in a few days...
Will be Monkeyman's AMAZING frames for these two masterworks!
Here's a sneak peek!
Stay tuned!
Also,rumor has it
that howie's may have the Toe create a piece for this awesome establishment!
Always a joy and honor to hang next to an art brother and confidant!
Have a great night folks
and thank you again for all the views,visits and vocalizations!
Ciao!
:)
I'll try not to stay away too long!
:)
