ART: Bali Ha'i New Orleans - Collecting Tiki

I irishf Member Athens, Georgia Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 97	I irishf Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:24 AM My parents gave me a fabulous framed giclee print of a watercolor painting, of the extinct Bali Ha'i On the Beach in New Orleans. Bali Ha'i was in the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park, and the painting includes the Zephyr roller coaster in the background (which I rode as a child). It's an awesome art print and you can get one direct from the artist: http://janebrewster.com/#/balihai059/4523805225 palm trees, awesome pointed roof construction, people dressed in 50s attire outside the restaurant. The Zephyr!
I irishf Member Athens, Georgia Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 97	I irishf Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:29 AM Here's a photo of my print.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:45 PM That's nicely done. Taken straight from a vintage postcard photo (sans Zephyr). I forgot if that postcard or just its matchbook cover rendering is in the BOT.
I irishf Member Athens, Georgia Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 97	I irishf Posted posted on Sat, May 10, 2008 1:02 PM Thanks for that info BigBro. I have been wondering if she could do one of the Mai Kai from a postcard. Does anyone know if there is anyone painting the Mai Kai?

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irishf Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:24 AM

My parents gave me a fabulous framed giclee print of a watercolor painting, of the extinct Bali Ha'i On the Beach in New Orleans. Bali Ha'i was in the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park, and the painting includes the Zephyr roller coaster in the background (which I rode as a child).

It's an awesome art print and you can get one direct from the artist:

http://janebrewster.com/#/balihai059/4523805225

palm trees, awesome pointed roof construction, people dressed in 50s attire outside the restaurant. The Zephyr!

I

irishf Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:29 AM

Here's a photo of my print.

B

bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2008 10:45 PM

That's nicely done. Taken straight from a vintage postcard photo (sans Zephyr). I forgot if that postcard or just its matchbook cover rendering is in the BOT.

I

irishf Posted posted on Sat, May 10, 2008 1:02 PM

Thanks for that info BigBro.

I have been wondering if she could do one of the Mai Kai from a postcard.

Does anyone know if there is anyone painting the Mai Kai?