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3 KINGS Closing Reception Photos! What a Blast! page 18!

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I had 30 new paintings up to replace the gaps in the wall...BUT....
two of those sold in the past few days-one of em 10 minutes after nailing it to the wall!
Crazy world aint it?
That's still 30 new pieces between Clys and I...
Who knows how many new ones the TOE will splash out!

Saturday January 5th...
8pm to Midnight...

YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE MADCAP MAGIC OF...
3 KINGS!

at the Light Gallery
440 East 17th St. Costa Mesa!
Flyers Soon!

On 2007-12-31 09:34, little lost tiki wrote:
Saturday January 5th...
8pm to Midnight...

Are you sure about the time this time? Not that you weren't sure last time. It just seemed to keep changing.

Pretty certain this time...
I tried to keep BIGTOE out of the loop...
makes things easier...:lol:

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On 2007-12-31 09:34, little lost tiki wrote:

Flyers Soon!

Oh boy, more flyers!!!

B

LLT beware: the paint has been flying in the clandestine bowels of the BigToe studios.

Hope u cats left me some wall space!

Happy New Year Y'All and look forward to seeing you on the 5th!!!

Alohas, bT

as promised....

Come on down ! There will be at least 30-35 new pieces you didn't see at the opening! This Saturday night! 8pm to midnight!
at the Light Gallery 440 E. 17th Street Costa Mesa!

you like Puppies?
who doesn't like Puppies?

C

ah Kinny....you bitch :wink:

oh really?
Judging from this flier
I think you got your facts wrong...

T
teaKEY posted on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 7:21 PM

Ken, someone needs to buy you the Three Kings paper doll set. You get to dress your three figures up in all types of different costumes.

WE'LL BE SELLING 3 KINGS PAPER DOLL SETS AT THE CLOSING,teaKs!
you must be psychic!
Perhaps you were all wonderin how us 3 kings spend our weekends...
Nothing better than a walk thru the park to feed the
pigeons,squirrels,and our brazen lusty appetites!
Who says seniors don't get any?

On 2008-01-03 10:30, little lost tiki wrote:
WE'LL BE SELLING 3 KINGS PAPER DOLL SETS AT THE CLOSING,teaKs!
you must be psychic!
Perhaps you were all wonderin how us 3 kings spend our weekends...
Nothing better than a walk thru the park to feed the
pigeons,squirrels,and our brazen lusty appetites!
Who says seniors don't get any?

diggin through the family albums again huh kinny....such a nice open house hold those seniors run!

Nice shoes by the way,Gramma Lozeau! :lol:

G
GROG posted on Thu, Jan 3, 2008 6:45 PM

On 2008-01-03 18:45, GROG wrote:

am I checking for my ding dong? or is that where the new church collection plate is kept?

G
GROG posted on Fri, Jan 4, 2008 11:34 AM

Both.

C

sweet! 9 inches and change :wink:

Is that Beer drinkin Squirrle goin & is he bringin BOOZES !

C

There will be rodents galore!!!

Along with this newly finished sculpture....He's about 14" high. I did a step-by-step flickr set of the process for anyone who is interested over in the "other crafts" section...So here he is...."The Island Hunter"

Thanks for checking it out and hope to see you all on Saturday night!!

Very Schweet Davey!
i'll bring my slingshot
and we can make sport of it!
I'll also be bringing 4 more to add to the Target Practice!
We should have at least 40 new works these peeps haven't seen yet!
here's 3 HOT OFF THE PRESS!
"Orongo Chief" 14x14 acrylic and paintpen on canvas

"Cannibals and Idol" 14x14 acrylic and paintpen on canvas

"Throne"14x14 acrylic and paintpen and puffpaint on canvas

and this oldie but goodie may be making a special appearance...
"the Watchers" gouache on wooden Bamboo Ben Creation!

C'mon BigToe! Let's see some New stuff for the Closing Reception!
Don't be Shy! Let your Freak Flag Fly!

R

:lol: that wrestling flyer is hilarious!

And Dave that Sculpture looks sick!! I love it! :D

Awesome new paintings Kin.

Hopefully I can make it tonight, doubtful tho.

Take lotsa purdy pictures!

This was the perfect ending to a perfect tiki day.

After spending the day making mugs at Mieko's and then picking up mugs for the gallery with Clysdalle at Tiki Farm, where Holden let me shop to my heart's content, it was like seeing an entirely different show.

So much of the art was sold and taken from the gallery before Christmas and so many more new pieces were added that the guys had to put up a portable wall to finish hanging everything.

I finally got a chance to talk to the artists about their pieces and the projects that they're currently working on and their upcoming shows.

BigToe - Thanks again for the sketches of your new Tiki Farm mugs. I'm anxiously awaiting their release.

Kenny - Thanks for always being so incredibly kind to me. I need to shop more. I'll PM you.

Clysdalle - Thanks...oh wait. You gave me shit all day long. Seriously. For like 13 hours. But still, you're a good friend and an extraordinarily talented artist. I love your style despite the fact that it scares the bejeezus out of me most of the time.

On 2008-01-04 19:43, Clysdalle wrote:
Along with this newly finished sculpture....He's about 14" high. I did a step-by-step flickr set of the process for anyone who is interested over in the "other crafts" section...So here he is...."The Island Hunter"

What a great show I really enjoyed seeing all the new pieces and visiting with everyone, I will never forget Bob Marley's mangina giggle. I wanted to have a peek under the straw britches of this dude :lol: Fabulous time, Can't wait to build that bar and hang the "New Art"! Thanks Guys!

On 2008-01-06 13:54, Hiphipahula wrote:
Can't wait to build that bar and hang the "New Art"! Thanks Guys!

I'm dying to see what your bar is gonna look like, Hip!

Wow!
what a FUN Closing!
Thanks to all of you who attended this or the first Reception!
Thanks to all those people who bought those 32 Ruzic paintings...
you're helping me with 3-4 months rent for my studio!
And art Supplies!Mahalos!!!
What a Blast!
Thanks especially to the light gallery,Steven,BigToe, and Clysdalle!
It sounds like a 3 Kings Deux Show should be in order near the end of the 2008!
Here's some PIX!
Only a little bit of rain that evening....
Here's the limo we took to the show! Decided to get a few shots of the Toe gettin out
so you'd all believe me...


Tiki-Kate graced us with her Smiley Self! Here she is with
Babalu's Man-O-WarBird from Hiphipahula...
That thing is even more awesome in PERSON!
Way to go Rick!
Remind me to be reeeal nice to Kelly near the holidays next year! :)

Here's Steven,the owner of the light gallery....

We had so many new pieces that we had to get an extra wall set up near the entrance....
BigToe's "SurfNazi" was hanging there....
forgot to get a shot of that and the Local painting of his...
Tom-post some pics of those new ones for us!

Here's a mid-reception shot with one of the 3 drunk guys
we had to kick out after they knocked a piece off the wall...
Sheesh! If you ever see this spazz on the street,kick him for me!

Here's a shot from the back of the gallery in the hallway...

Here's some people shots....
My good friend Susan with Debbie,who was the handy dandy bartender
and overall blessing and helper!
If you look in the Background,you will notice that
The light gallery is now proudly selling TikiFarm products!
Represent!

Here's GROG!
Ernie's lookin all spiffy,having a newly shorn face and snazzy Hula girl shirt!
Ladies....he is available!

Here's the infamous Bamboo Ben,honoring us with his presence
and posing by this trippy Easter bunny painting outside on the back patio....
Classic shot! and we haven't even brought up the Marley mangina yet!

Here's a sweet shot of Mrs. BooBen and Mrs. LLT,hiding from the crowd
and plotting ways to exploit their spouse's talents even more! :lol:

What a Handsome Couple!
Squid and GROG forcing smiles in front of the gallery...

Sir Squid,Ravenne,and the notorious WEEGEE sipping drinks,and talking all fancy-like!

Toe,Clysdalle and some other guy blabbering ArtSpeak and confusing each other....

Hiphipahula and Kate chillin like villians...
I really like this picture! they look so sweet!

Here's a Close-up of Clysdalle's "Island hunter"...
Pretty Spectacular!
The back is just as good as the front of it!
it's like 3-D or somethin!

Here's a shot of my twin brother with Squiddles.....
We look exactly alike except for the hair....
Mom loves me more!

and now...finally...onto the bob Marley mangina saga....
Whilst outside in the back, we were all smoking an joking
and checking out the art outside...
Well, there were 4 pencil portraits of Bob Marley out there
and somebody (i won't mention names) noticed that Bob
had a Camel toe of sorts.... so we took some pictures!
Here's ben pointing out the offensive area...

and here's a shot of Kelly that i would never dream her posing for!
She's soooooooo High School!

Well....that's all i got! If anyone else took any shots
please share them!
And thanks again EVERYONE for EVERYTHING!
Seeing all your love and support has revived me for another year!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-01-07 08:11 ]

R

Dude HILARIOUS pictures!

Hadda blast at the closin' reception!

Mi and Wee-Gee had fuuuun too!

RAWK ON!

Bob Marley Mangina is so sexeh? Naw, it's scurrey, not as scurrey as BunnehFooFoo tho!

EeeeWWWWwwO...it was funny! Gross, I will never think of Bob Marley in a normal way again :( ... :lol:

[ Edited by: Hiphipahula 2008-01-07 00:14 ]

On 2008-01-06 21:13, little lost tiki wrote:
Tiki-Kate graced us with her Smiley Self! Here she is with
Babalu's Man-O-WarBird from Hiphipahula...
That thing is even more awesome in PERSON!
Way to go Rick!
Remind me to be reeeal nice to Kelly near the holidays next year! :)

Read about them here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?forum=18&topic=26867

And in Ooga Mooga: http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&ind_mug_id=19802&mug_id=3160

"From a Manufacturer
Manufactured by Babalu
Designed by Rick Henderson
Produced in 2007
Edition of 4 and 1 A/P

HipHip's Bird of Paradise was a custom piece conceived of by Kelly Reilly aka Hiphipahula and designed and produced by Rick Henderson aka Babalu. The mug is shaped like a Portuguese man-of-war. On one side, the tentacles are enveloping a human face. On the other side, there is a birdman tiki mask. The lid of the mug on this very limited edition is shaped like the head of a bird with red, yellow and orange feather and an open beak. There is a straw hole at the top of the head. The mug has sixteen different glazes."

THANKS Kate for lovin' it, Ken for the hipe, I want good things for Babalu, he is so talented.

Again Great Show Boy's! Good Times Had!

B
Babalu posted on Mon, Jan 7, 2008 8:40 PM

Uhhhh whoa, LLT - Thanks for the great words about the Hip Hip Bird here on the 3 Kings thread! You cats up north RAWK the hardest!!

36 paintings - WOW! Dude, I might have to go back to 2D.

That's so cool seeing Kate's smiley face :) Kelly, your a winner lady!

Only thing, I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to the great Bob Marley again without thinking about camel toe.

OMG! :lol: :lol: :lol: Funny, really ick! HAHHA.... Did you invent this Babalu? :D

B

Hey Kids,

Just wanted to drop y'all a quick line and offer a sincere thank you very much for all the support. It was killler that you guys came out in the cold and rain to check out our little show!

Mahalo and Alohas, Tom

Hope to see you dudes real soon somewhere, paintin' & sellin' 8)

A special thanks one last time to everyone who came out and spent some time with us. It really was a great time and I look forward to more shows in the future!! Of course an extra special thanks to everyone who took a little part of the "Three Kings" show home with them! Thanks everyone for your support!

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