Post #762898 by little lost tiki on Mon, Apr 25, 2016 12:07 AM

ALOOOOOOOHA Kids!
Well, it's getting late
and just wanted
to bring us all up to date!
was that a rhyme?
it does fall within those parameters!
Anyways....
Can you believe that it's close to TEN YEARS since these posts began on page one?
216 pages and TONS of work,views,and conversations later
it hits...
it's kind of a diary of sorts...
kind of a Tiki blog!
and it's YOU all who've kept it going
and kept US going
and are to Thank for all of this
and all the wonderful things experienced and shared
over these years...
MAHALO!
:)

Anyways... Don's Tiki Makeke (Market) is happening next Saturday the 30th
and having just gotten all the Australian show work done and framed
and boxed up all cozy
it was time to play and spill out in every direction
until the next serious work beckons
Some playful paintings and drawings for the event!
Some lands to explore!
Come On!

"Gift on the Hilltop"
5x7"
marker on watercolor paper

"Greeter of the valley"
5x7"
marker on watercolor paper

"Noonday Hut"
5x7"
marker on watercolor paper

"the Hilltop"
9x12"
marker on watercolor paper

"Oasis"
5x7"
marker on watercolor paper

"Night and Day"
9x12"
marker and gouache on watercolor paper

Just some play with colors and shapes and shifting shadows...
It's often a quiet fun-filled curious spillage
but good fruits can sprout from even the most failed attempts
don't you agree?

and here's an older HUGER piece
that wasn't posted yet
Enjoy!
"Sun"
Ink on Aquarelle watercolor paper

this one was rendered partly with the traditional pen and ink nib action

"Jungle Tussle"
9x12"
Ink and marker on Aquarelle watercolor paper

and here's some new paintings for the event...

"Island"
11 x 18.5"
acrylic on wood

This one started as a rough brushey abstract for the background
working as a base for the island...

Here's some close-ups...

"the Coveter"
4 x 12"
acrylic on wood

a closeup of his grabby hands!

For a change of pace,decide to change it up
with brights on less saturated grounds
and a white outline to POP those colors
let's see what happens...

"the Sun Bowl"
6x12"
acrylic on wood

a detail...

and the sister piece..
"the Crabby Mug"
6x12"
acrylic on wood

and all up in there!

Some versions of the masks destined for Howie's in Texas
"Smiling Shield"
6x12"
acrylic on wood

ZOOM!

"Sunrise Salutation"
6x12"
acrylic on wood

Right in Dere!

and here's a shot of the progress on 2 out of 4 wooden shields
two,which are destined for Howie's Tiki in Spring Texas!

and less than a month before Toe,Doug,and myself
fly off to Straya!

Hours to go before i sleep...
Aloha until the next posting!
and thanks for the visits!
:)