Heather Watts Countdown to Tiki Oasis Velvet Preview: 30 Days, 30 Paintings

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Apropos start with "New Beginnings" Heather! Looks fantastic. Can't wait to see the unveiling of the rest. See you & Mike soon~

Andy

GO! :) Heather :) GO!

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Finished "The Zombie Canoe"! Here's the initial scan--my camera battery is re-charging, but I will post pics of the frame & close-ups tomorrow. :)

27 Days to go!!!

"The Zombie Canoe"
9" x 18" Acrylic on Black Velvet
by Heather Watts, 2009

Close-up photo of the zombie in the front of the canoe.

Close-up photo of the vultures on the back of the canoe.

"The Zombie Canoe" with Frame
Frame hand-carved by Patrick Robinson

"The Zombie Canoe" Frame Detail
Frame hand-carved by Patrick Robinson

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Starting a new piece tonight of a Sea God...
But until that's done, here's a little guy I did back in June to get you humming a tropical tune!

July 20, 2009 - 26 Days to Go:
"Strummin'"
5" x 7" Acrylic on Velvet

Close-up of the strummer's face:

"Strummin'" in another of Patrick Robinson's fab frames:

Frame Close-up

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HEATHERRRRRR!
these are too beautiful!
the soft gentle strummin guy with his bird friend
and those Zombies! lovelovelove those zombies
with the stitches! friggin stitches! geniusgirl!
great stylish vultures!
and those bubbles!
AAAAAAh!

have you ever checked out the work of Remedios Vargas?
she was a Spaniard Surrealist Chain Smoking painter!
There is a quiet mystery and sense of story
(although yours less cluttered-she gets it going Brueghel stylee sometimes)
But there's a mythology,a fable,a heroic tale in both of your works...
Also colors...just check her out when you get some time
you guys say the same things in different ways!
:)

these are fantastic , I got a taste with a 5 pack of cards , now I want one of the big prints , what's the best way to get one for my tiki bar ?

Your sooo awesome Heather!! I can't wait to meet you.

Keep burnin' that midnight oil Sister - it's paying off big time!

Mahalo Ken for the kind compliments as always!!! Your encouragement is always appreciated (especially now that I'm approaching the edge of insanity with all this painting!) I googled for that painter but couldn't find anything--but I'm totally intrigued by your description and would love to see the work if you know of any links. Oh, and you definitely haven't seen the last of my zombie characters. There are two more zombie themed paintings still to come!

Hey Tiki Deluxe! Glad you enjoyed the card set--I actually haven't done any velvet prints yet, so don't worry, you're not missing out. :) Because the velvet is such a unique medium it is really hard to create a scale reproduction that does justice to the original. However, I'm experimenting with photographing the original pieces at the moment with the idea of doing limited photo prints from some of them in the future. I feel like photographs can capture the life and texture of the original velvet piece the way a straight reproduction can't. I also think the velvet and tiki traditions lend themselves to photography, in that photographing paintings like these plays with the idea of them as Pop-Polynesian "pesudo-artifacts" which gives the reproduction a whole new dimension as an art piece in itself. But more on that later. Right now I gotta post today's pics!

Thanks for the encouragement Babalu! I can't wait to meet you too!!! Mahalo!

And now for today's post, a little guy I did a while ago, to shine some sun on everyone!

I just got my last shipment of frames in the mail (literally an hour ago) but my daylight is gone so I can't photograph this guy in his brand new frame till tomorrow. Will post soon!

H

July 21, 2009 - 25 Days to Go:
"Sun God"
5" x 7" Acrylic on Velvet

Close-up of Sun God's face

Framed pics coming tomorrow!

Okay, edit: it's tomorrow! Here's the framed pics. This frame was just SOOOO perfect for this piece.

"The Sun God" in frame.
Frame hand-carved by Patrick Robinson.

Frame Detail:

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Oh yeah! I am so in love with this pc. The pendant is coming along awesome!

Heather you are so unbelievably talented. We are totally humbled to be making jewelry from your artwork.

Jen and Scott

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I think this is my favorite thread right now! I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings :) Ok, ok, I'll leave your thread alone and let the art pour forth - yummy!

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I absolutely Love Love Love The Conjurer!!!
Keep'em Coming...
These are looking great... :)
And your devotion to 30 is awesome...
Great Job!!!

Every day you post another painting, I get more and more excited to go to Tiki Oasis and get one!

Heather,unreal!!,see you at Oasis!

"Happy Little Devil"
5" x 7" Acrylic on Velvet
by Heather Watts, 2009

"Happy Little Devil" Detail Photo

"Happy Little Devil" Close-up

"Happy Little Devil" in Frame.
Frame Hand-carved by Patrick Robinson.

"Happy Little Devil" Frame Close-up.
Frame Hand-carved by Patrick Robinson.

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Great stuff, Heather!

They look good in those Patrick Robinson frames.

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Zombie king! Conjurer!
AAAAAAAAAA!
Beautiful!
Man Heather,you're going OFF!

oh! that artist's name...Remedios Varo.....sorry!
Here's a link with some of her art...
figgered you female artist types
need to get acquainted with some of those sisters
who have paved the road before...

Keep on truckin,heather!
and go buy a MAC with your Oasis riches!
:)

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H. Watts... slacker? :wink: :lol: :wink:

River Spirits....Awesome!!

H. Watts slacker... I wish! :wink:

I just mailed off 13 paintings to southern California! Hooray!!!!!
Seven more to frame and pack this afternoon!

Unfortunately this west coast heat wave seems to be hitting Vancouver even harder today. I'm on Mike's computer now, but I'm not even going to try turning on my poor old Dell in this heat, and that's where all my photos are! :( Sorry I can't post today, but I'll try and make up for it tomorrow with a double post again. If I wake up early enough I may get a couple hours out of the computer before it gets really warm.

Thanks for commenting on "River Spirits" Meheadhunter! I'm going to feel as mellow as those tikis look in about 24 hours when this third box of paintings is shipped! :)

i love that River Spirit in the back just looking right at the viewer
like he suddenly felt being watched and turned and....

more beauties!
yay!

get thee a MAC after the Dell dies..
you won't regret it.

I just found some Heather Watts future postings on the net. A couple more glowing green ones. And one with land transportation

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For those lucky enough to be at Tiki Oasis... DON'T dilly-dally, doddle or drag your feet... get in line EARLY at Heather Watts Velvetorium! I passed it by several times last year, within the first hour of marketplace opening and when the line eased up, I went in for a look. "IF" there were 100 velvets hanging...ALL but maybe six were SOLD!! :o Sooo if you gotta have a black velvet by H. Watts... YOU better camp out early and stampede the booth at the opening!!! :D

INCREDIBLE velvets Heather and the frames are FANTASTIC! Have a GREAT show!! :)

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Whoooooaaaahhhhhh! You must be torturing me...everyone brings all this beautiful stuff to Oasis and I'm stuck here in the rainy old world. At least I have your art to cheer me up :P Thumbs up!

On 2009-08-13 00:59, MarkusK wrote:
Whoooooaaaahhhhhh! You must be torturing me...everyone brings all this beautiful stuff to Oasis and I'm stuck here in the rainy old world. At least I have your art to cheer me up :P Thumbs up!

What he said!

Your paintings make me so happy Heather, and I love the little PNG pendants too! Very cute!

I absolutely adore your velvet paintings. Thanks for sharing your art!

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Heather! They are all so wonderful!!!
I bet you sold out of everything!
Maybe next year I'll make it there. Might have to be sure to be
first in line!
and when are you coming back down to seattle???

On 2009-08-18 12:13, sweetpea wrote:
Heather! They are all so wonderful!!!
I bet you sold out of everything!
Maybe next year I'll make it there. Might have to be sure to be
first in line!
and when are you coming back down to seattle???

Indeed, Pea, they had to call in a case of those little orange "SOLD" stickers to add to Heather's amazing velvets & art. YAY Heather- much deserved!

Fantastic connecting with you when we did. Hope you & Mike enjoyed the rest of your vacation down there. And YES, Pea, you are so right. We'll have to get a BIG Seattle Tiki event going on soon & lure Heather down here. Maybe this will work----"oh Heather, there's dust on my "Lil' Seafarer" velvet- would you please hop down here with some magic tape?" LOL

-Andy