Little lost Tiki's Art Chronicles and Stuffs! Page 70!A brief Return,BUT! Some new pieces to Delight YOU!!!

Granny Boris approves of Little Lost Tiki's throw pillow.

• Granny Boris

WOW I am loving the Robot Tiki surfboard!!! The use of colors is freakin awesome!!!

Nice nice nice, good to see the creative types are still creating even though it's holiday time. Driving urges pay no heed to statutory holidays! One thing I noticed now I'm a proud member of the LLT owner's club, is how all those little stick-like lines you use for tone and colour shading merge nicely when you step back a ways from the painting. Do you walk away from the piece often while you're painting it to get it to work like this?

Hey Paipo!
Like that little Butamay (did I say that right?) Yes! The Holidays are one of the few times a year I can abandon work,family, and friends for days at a stretch and CREATE!!!!
Many of you artists will agree that while creating, it feels right and you feel right and normal....Or maybe you're all mentally healthy and don't feel that! I'd like to hear your thoughts and other artist's musings on that! That "stick-like"
lines for tone and shading are built up over the initial blended and painted ground.It brings the fuzziness of the background more to the foreground into a clear closeness. Basic optical blending.Another fun thing is WHAT colors you use next to each other...That can cause major POP! and movement!It's all old hat now! look at Seurat,the Impressionists, Kandinsky's and Klee's utilization of color,I'm just pushing and nudging it forward, like artists are apt to do so we don't get bored!About everyhour or two I'll back up 10 feet then 20 feet from a piece and test the painting. I've been doing this for about 15 years, so you don't have to back up as much as the results of the color application are like a formula now! Certain pieces grab you from across a room and are a bit unrecognizable until you get about 5 feet away and all the hidden treasures are revealed! Or it may look better 20 feet away and the closer you are doesn't matter 'cause you've already "read" the image from a distance...But yes, I do back up and also squint,look at it in a mirror,etc....It doesn't seem to matter with your art. it's either "close" or "way close-up" !
Love my pendants! I've been wearing them to all the tiki events! The Crying Ku is my favorite! Those eyes!!!!

That Moai is not a crook.

He does have a total Nixon nose! Or Bob Hope nose.... People say that when artists paint people,they always end up with some of the renderer's features. I was granted one of them ski-slope Bob Hope kinda noses and hence the features on Sad Eye Moai!
You really need to get Photoshop,TeaKey! With that program and your devious criminal brain, who knows what wonders you could birth! :)

You really need to get Photoshop,TeaKey!- I know I know

Hey, that is the most bad-ass surf machine I have ever seen. I would hate to get that bent over some coral, but love it on the cover of a surf magazine.

If anyone here is given the chance to visit LLT's studio you would be a sucker #1 to pass it up. Ken is one heckuva a great dude and the beauty and complexity of his creativity and artwork cannot be grasped through simple pictures. I was blown away by the detail, color and number of pieces he has pumped out over the years. My visit to his studio was one of the highlight of 2006 for me and I am ever so grateful that he invited me over for a visit. I am way stoked to call Kinny a pal and feel very fortunate to have found another kindred creative soul who will willingly share his knowledge so freely. No really, one day was not enough to take in all his work or tap into the vast database of artistic wonderment that is locked in that crazy skull of his. Here are a few snaps from his studio. If you want to see more of my photos of LLT's art and more of my road trip south, including the "Breakdamug" ceremony at Magoomba, blink on over to Baregfoot bloggin'. Thanks again Little Lost Tiki for hostin' a travelin' monkey and introducing him to your freinds and creative world.

Kinny at work in "The Cave"

My New Little Lost Tiki Original

Inside the doorway of wonderment

More kick ass art than you can shake a sumi ink pen at.

On 2007-01-01 08:52, Bora Boris wrote:

Granny Boris approves of Little Lost Tiki's throw pillow.

• Granny Boris

I'm with Granny Boris. Surf board be damned. What this place needs is a good throw pillow!

On 2007-01-04 20:53, squid wrote:

On 2007-01-01 08:52, Bora Boris wrote:
Granny Boris approves of Little Lost Tiki's throw pillow.

• Granny Boris

I'm with Granny Boris. Surf board be damned. What this place needs is a good throw pillow!

Forget the throw pillows... get Granny Boris to sew up some cushion replacements for that couch. The ones on there now are filled with sawdust and pea gravel and give the word lumpy a new meaning;)

That Moai does need to be a mug I dig it! Where do you get the initial surf boards from? All the colors are so beautiful~

I'm still amazed at the amount of detail that goes into those boards. Wow, I'm excited to see more

I'm amazed at the amount of detail that goes into that Throw Pillow, Wow! Have you got any more?

• Granny Boris

Aloha everyone!
Hey Boris and Squid! PM me and I'll give you two the link to my e-bay address where i sell my Tiki Throw Pillows! This web address is Top-Secret Tiki Brat Pack only! The detail and colors are truly amazing and the price for a dozen is....Sheesh! Paint for a few days and the whole thread gets derailed! Now I know how GROG feels...
Chongo,
Mahalos for the visit and for posting a picture of my poor dog wearing her Collar of Shame on your slideshow blog (that should motivate a couple more peeps to investigate your awesome Barefoot 'blogin!)... and thanks for the sweet pics and description of the Cave where I create and cry to myself....By the way,I don't even know what that couch padding is! i think it's that green foam block you fill with water and stick plants into-mixed with sawdust and sand and gravel-maybe a couple of human teeth....yikes!
HiphipaHula,
Glad you like Sad-eye Moai! He's Sweet! He's Sassy! He's Sad....Maybe someday he will be a mug....but only if he's very very good this year...I get the surfboards from friends...I seem to be a board magnet lately....Bring 'em on!
Frostiki,
Thanks for looking! I hope to drag these out for some public shows soon..They look soooo much better in Real Life!
Well, the robot side is about 98% done-done enough to post,so first, here's both sides...

Now here's some details without commentary-'cause I gotta get back to the dremel tool!








And here's some close-ups of the "Wood" side...



Not much commentary here,but if you have any ????
Gimme a Holler!!! Thanks!
Also got the final glaze approved on my mugs!
You can see these truly magical pieces of TikiFarm magic at
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20932&forum=12&start=60&63
I'm really stoked with how they're coming along!
Go see for yourself! Thank you!

The surfboard is just amazing! I can't decide which side I like better. If it lived with me there would have to be some sort of regular rotation schedule. I am still just blown away by all the little brush strokes that go into the shading. You are a master, Kinny.

Sweet board man. Im with Jen I'd need to regularly rotate it. But hey, change it every fortnight and you have a fresh piece of art :)

I know Im being silly, but Im interested in a close up of the side to see how the edges were handled

Love it

On 2007-01-07 17:16, hewey wrote:

I know Im being silly, but Im interested in a close up of the side to see how the edges were handled

Yeah, take us to the edge!

As the art critic that I am..........lol!

It needs to hang from the top with a little motor that spins

it real slow. I do not have the info with me but have used these motors before. Used for display windows, etc.

Depending on what you plan to do with it. Or, if it's sold or what not.

I'm sure the pics don't show the intensity of it.
( borrowed that one from the authors!!)

Rock on LLT!!!!

Yeah, the surfboard is great, how could it not be, but I wanna see what you've been doing with that dremel!

Hello TC Ohana!
hey Ben!
Not sure how i wanna hang/display this yet! let me sit and thunk on it!
Finally took some DREMEL shots after a loooooooooooong session and seem to be getting the hang of it! But first...Hewey and JenTiki...I'll take you to the edge...of the surfboard with this composite shot....

here's 3 shots-2 closer up and one from a distance...I just paint it around the edges,figuring what goes where...nothin' special! Sorry! Hope you weren't expecting to find treasure or some answer to a philosophical mystery there....
well, i've been keeping this dremel project hidden from eyes because......well....I suck at it! that's why i'm posting it here,safely nestled in Other Crafts away from those carving geniuses who would tear me to shreds.... :)
first off, this working surface was a gift-a pair of 'em from that talented (and quite witty) friend o'mine Squid aka Senor Calamar....who thought I could do somethin' with 'em! Well,always up for a challenge,I resketched what I wanted and here it is....

i figure this would put me into a crash course of different textures and stuff..For the orongo in the middle-that will be painted with the rest carved...A lotta frame for such a small piece but who cares! We're here to have fun,right?
Here it is semi-dremelled and still sketched out!

Thank heaven I can draw and have a steady hand following lines!
And here it is,almost done with experimental green brushed over the surface to capture the linoleum cut feel of some of the areas!Here's the top part with lotsa glare for all you glare fans!

and here's the poor lil' victim tiki's head scrunched between the big guy's hands,,

and here's the happy and sad folk on the bottom...

Whew! That wasn't too bad...and i worried so much about posting these!
well, the next step is the painting part..an area I feel a bit more comfortable with!
i feel like i went thru a hazing! especially with Paipo looking over my shoulder!

Kia ora Little Lost Luminary

Mate... That surfboard is the Kool-est!!
What are the plans for it..? Does it have a title? *I still put forward 'Surf-borg' for the robo side... And perhaps 'Hawaiiki Dreamin' for the other..?

And who says the carver-types are going to tear you to shreads for your efforts? Full credit for taking a step into the 3rd-dimensional abyss... (if you're not careful you may never look at the world the same...)

The carving on this 'frame' reminds me of woodblock/lino-cut blocks; have you done much printing? Good scope for multiple runs/variations & a good intermediary into carving perhaps? I can imagine that your 'graphic' experience would see some fine/bold printmaking (and carving) from you..?

Cant wait to see this finished. Easter Island art is just so unique & facinating. Well deserving of an elaborate border!

*Still havent visited Paipo for a first hand experience with an LLT original but any day now...

Love your stuff! Yay You!!!

Tama :)

Thanks for the edge shots, whilst you might not think they were much, I have now found inner enlightenment. Or maybe thats just a buzz from the rum... :)

Love how your carving has the same vibe as your paintings - very nice. Im with Tama - I reckon you could really get into lino prints

LLT - your work is amazing and insane. your desings are manic, crazy and totally cool. nice crossover carving, I bet it will look great painted. Is your latest work going to be exhibited anywhere soon?

Aloha friends and fellow artists!
went on a TANGATA MANU jag on friday! Finished 3 paintings,one semi-done, and about 15 sketchbook drawings of this easter island/orongo Birdman that shows up carved on the rocks around there! Whew! Coffee is my soulmate!I was thinking about these Birdman for quite a while lately.Were they real? Thank Heaven for genetic manipulation! Someday we may compete for a job with REAL LIVE BIRDMEN created by the Pentagon! Scholars think that the Birdman may have represented Makemake-their creator god,and everyone generally agrees with the fact that the bird referenced for these carvings was the Makohe, or Frigate Bird...
With that information given out, I will now build the suspense and answer some of your questions...
Tama-
Thank you man! Your enthusiasm and joy shines thru the lines you write! I plan on showing the surfboard a few times,and then offering it up for sale at a one-man or tiki-appropriate show in the future! Right now, it's resting with all of it's new friends at the Cave... I like "Surf-borg" ,still not sure on the other side yet...I kind of want to communicate the natural v.s artificial make-up of the two sides...
The carving was real fun! I'm just gonna take baby seps with it as my time is limited,but it's a lil' bit easier than I thought! Especially after doing an initial practice run on laminated particle board! Yikes! After that Trial by Fire, the regular wood was very friendly! Did a lil' bit of Lino stuff over the years and so, instead of just chewin and groovin out the concave areas, I thought, Hmmmmmm why not try for that look...and TaDa! It really does fit in with the rest of the work and doesn't seem out of place,so i'm stoked! Thanks for being such a nice carver! When you visit Paipo,please give him and his family a big hug for me! Also, say "Hello!" to my "Little Celebration" painting and tell it that daddy misses it, but this new family will love it just as much as I do!
Thank you Hewey!
Sorry I haven't e-mailed that print yet to TikiRacer,but , as you will see, I had a TANGATA MANU jag in full effect! Thanks for the props on the dremelling! It's kinda like holding a big fat pencil or paintbrush,so I just went for it like a retard and it worked! Glad you like it!
Polynesiac!
Man! That reminds me, I gotta check out your thread,haven't been there in a couple of weeks! I wonder what new genius carvings you have up your sleeve? I'm still blown away by the 2 carvings you brought to the Tonga Hut last month! As you're gonna see, I declined painting the finished carving,Babysteps...The finished piece looked finished, so I'm keeping it. But! I do have another panel just like this that I may try some painting on! Don't have ANY shows planned and written in stone, but I think this month I'm gonna look over the calendar and see what's up. I know I have 2 potential group shows, but again, they're not written in stone! One one-man show a year is gnarly enough! Especially when I have anywhere between 50-150 pieces per!
Again! Thank you all! You guys really know how to lift an artist up into Happyland! Before the photos...if you haven't seen the new glaze on my Tiki Farm mugs please go to...
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20932&forum=12&start=60&68
And now....ladies and gents... "Praying Tangata Manu"

As you can see, I went over the raised areas of wood and made them darker, plus did the gouache painting in the middle panel!
Here's a blurry detail of my pseudo lino-cut look on the top...

Here's the whole painting part of the piece! This one almost painted itself! When I paint, I use the same basic formula of light and shading with graphic lines, but I usually paint it over a ground with some of the lighting already sketched in

and here's one last close-up detail...

Minor adjustments and hanging wire notwithstanding, it's pretty much done!
On to the next painting!
Here's one of those 15 studies.. It's called "Mother and Child"...

and here's the painting I did based on it!

Here's another study turned painting! It's called "the Watchful Eye"

and here's the painting!

Man! friday was like a blur of phonecalls,movies,and painting ( and a lovely 1/2 hour nap after lunch!!! Before I knew it, it was 12:30 am! And I arrived there 8:00 am Friday morn! Time flys when you're makin' art!
Here's the last one...a study for "the Greeting"...

Here's the almost finished piece, I may need about 2-4 more hours on it with some gold metallic gouache to give it some mana!

and here's a detail of the heads....this one was sumi-ink pen on gesso/gouache ground with gouache coloring...

That's it for now! thanks for gazing and hopefully enjoying!
Your humble servant,
Kinny

Wow, really beautiful. the "new series" is great. Where are you getting your inspiration from? Can I pm you to pick your brain about your Dremel? Thanks for sharing as always, your admirer, Dawn

OMG!! You did all that just Friday?! Again, you amaze me! "Praying Tangata Manu" is my favorite of the bunch, but I also really dig "the Greeting." They're all quite wonderful and now I'm even more anxious for my first visit to "the cave!"

Again, I sit in front of my computer, mouth hanging open, aghast at the genius.

Holy Shit! That is an amazing friday! You are truly an amazing artist. It reminds me of that scene in the feature movie about artist Jackson Pollock. his hours of creativity were magical, unrelenting and amazing. Seems like you and Pollock have some similar dynamic attributes. Would love to watch your creative fury Ken! You are amazing! Kudos

Dang! I don't know what is more impressive the art created, the information you gather about your inspiration, or the time you spend creating it. The only time I can ever be that focused on one thing is when I am sleeping and even then I am dreaming in split screen. Very cool stuff Kinny, I dig the informative posts and knowledgies you drop. Always inspirational.

Chongolio

P.S All of a sudden I have hankerin' for eggs.

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[ Edited by: Chongolio 2007-01-17 18:16 ]

Yeah, set up a video cam, film one of these 16 hour jags and then compress it into a 5 minute avi file!
Thanks for these new guys - they will be of some use for an upcoming project I have in mind :wink: Very graceful and sinuous, unlike the originals which are a bit hobbit like for my tastes...

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[ Edited by: Paipo 2007-01-13 19:09 ]

hey Gang!
Wow! Are you guys ever on it! Don't you all have things to do besides stalk around TC?Why ain't y'all out making art? Leadership by example-that's my motto!
Dawn,
Hello fellow artist!
Mahalos! Not sure if I could help you much with the dremel,being an amateur and all...Most of it is just getting use to the way it reacts to the surface-I'm a better scribbler than painter,so this just kinda fit right in! I get my inspiration from books, the world,looking at examples about the subject, then just doing studies and lettin' em go where they may! With the background reading, one knows where the subject has been,and with the outside-thinking artistic tendencies,the rest just flows! Not enough artists read and ,being ambassadors of our culture for this time-period, it's much better to have a feel about many subjects! It can only help the art! (plus gives ya something to do while on the potty :)) )PM and we can chat about dremel stuff!
Jentiki,
Yup! all day Friday was a blur! It's almost like someone else is "driving".You must feel that way when you're singing.it's an ultra lucid state-when it comes to the work and the ideas,and you can block out the outside influences if they distract.I'm with you on the "Tangata Manu" as the favorite! i quite like "the Greeting" because of 1) the emotion it conveys,that apprehension right before physical and mental contact. I made them genderless just so it's all about 2 beings making contact,sharing an interaction. In tribal cultures, simple gestures and actions all have special meaning,almost instinctual, but also formed by their culture and history. when you do a theme with a more universal understanding, the simplicity of it can remain static or grow with many different levels of understanding and meaning! Whew! Dat was a mouthful! sometimes, I just get so excited to share the magic and also learn that we all, to some degree possess this weird spiritual condition! Can't wait to have you visit the Cave someday! Seeing all the other work and all the other subjects tackled helps people understand how much I'm wired for this and not very good at much else! :)
Thanks again for being amazed!
JPmartdog,
Dynamic attributes? wow! That's a mouthful! I think I got the long-hours focus from the Marines years back! Pollock and I differ in that he used alcohol to create...that's for writers! Coffee sure helps! A joint once in a while never hurt either! :lol: Thank you for the stoke!
Chongo!
Eggs! Glad I can inspire you as much as you inspire me! A big cheer for us Poor, Sad, World Famous Local Artists! HipHip Hooray!
Paipo!
Glad you like these! I'm posting some of the other sketches below to inspire you! I'm with you on that squatty hobbit vibe of the rock carvings! They do look cool where they're carved all over a bunch of rocks,tho! And I admire the effort and movement the originals exude,but a sketchbook is a lot easier! I'm very curious about your upcoming project..... :)
well, here's the other sketchbook entries, so nobody can say I was fabricating....

Very Sinuous indeed! basically, just a felt tip marker or sweeping brushstrokes to get the pose, then you nail it down with the blackline!

I'd like to do some more paintings with these...
Oh! as an afterthought,here's a page of these Birdmen culled from a few of the sketchbooks from the past few years...This is also a page from my "about 500 Tikis" collection of sketchbooks! I still have a few of those and the coloring books left. They'll sure to be worth a little more after my tragic death!

Tell me your favorites and I'll churn 'em out as paintings on some future date!
Mahalos to y'all!

visit http://www.kenruzic.com if you haven't yet! Now!

[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2007-01-14 19:08 ]