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The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker

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TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 1:16 PM Aloha! Mahalo!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 1:16 PM [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2010-07-15 19:10 ]
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sat, Jul 17, 2010 1:50 PM Aloha tiki Tribe~ Got my latest copy of Hi Fructose Magazine... flipping through the pages I found my ad! Hope folks see it, and show up at the show in September! Swank! Brad~
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Sat, Jul 17, 2010 7:21 PM That detail of the pirate could be a painting all on it's own! Amazing Brad!
B Beachbumz Grand Member (1 year) Kihei, Maui Joined: Jan 09, 2008 Posts: 1124	B Beachbumz Posted posted on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:21 AM Howzit Brad!! Just wanted to let you know I got my copy of MauiTime Magazine, Just when you think it can't get mo betta ~ 3D!! Cool man!! Aloha's
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 6:33 PM Beachbumz - Wow! Thanks so much for posting that! I totally forgot that I had talked to them about doing this... I live over on the Big Island and we don't get that paper here. I better call 'em up and make sure I get a few copies! Big Mahalo!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 6:35 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! Well, back from the 3rd dimension and painting. Here's some work I got done last night... Want to get a swirl of treasure at the foot of the Tiki... Here's a closer look at the unfinished tiki... and the undead golden monkey idol within an idol (?) This is an interesting merging of my patron's imagination and my own. More to come! Mahalo, B~
T tikigodz Member Joined: Oct 12, 2009 Posts: 439	T tikigodz Posted posted on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 9:14 PM That is crazy how the details make the whole painting jump out You are very inspiring Shark!
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 11:22 PM GOLDEN MONKEY IDOL! So much going on down there! Congrats on the Hi-Fructose Ad! Millions are gonna be there!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Aug 3, 2010 2:09 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe~ I was up late working on the tiki. don't have a good photo of that... but here's the start of the next one. The invisible Surfer. Part of the monsters on vacation series.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 8:27 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! Here's where the sunken pirate ship painting is now... A better look at the tropical fish. Almost done. I had to take a little time off and get a cold, get better, and then get ready for, and appear at, the Mai Tai Contest at the Royal Kona Resort here in Kailua-Kona. It was a blast! Night before the event, me and my partner went down to the Royal Kona to check out the action. Glad we did! The drummer from "Third Eye blind" DJ-ed in the open air Mai Tai Bar and drummed live to the tunes. I was honored to have my art displayed on the walls the Lobby. Great weather, and fantastic sunset off the Kona Bay. What a magical evening. Lots of people showed up the next day. BBQ contest during the day. Henry Kapono played live by the hotel pool - Awesome! If you don't know Henry's music look him up. His album "The Wild Hawaiian" took some classic Hawaiian chants and played them as rock. I think of him as the Hawaiian version of Carlos Santanna. Many tiki tribe members came by my "booth" and said aloha - nice meeting folks in the flesh instead of only on the net. Big big Mahalo to everyone who came by and to Dug Miller, thanks sooo much for the cool mag (and asking the Royal Kona to use my art on the event T-shirts next year!) U da BEST! Everyone at the Royal Kona treated me so well. After the vendors all left, I was asked to paint in the lobby - where I got to sell more art as the Mai Tais flowed an the crowd filled with "aloha". I'm really happy with how the event went. I did really well, I didn't sell everything, but sold a bunch of prints. I don't think I've ever been handed that much loose cash in one day, (....or shake someones hand and find out I was handed a small plastic bag of fragrant green pacalolo - talk about nice tips! Sheesh! Boy, you can sure tell this event was happening on the big Island! My inner teenager was delighted and wished I had been this popular in High School!) I got to meet up with Gecko again, and trade a print for a really fantastic Tiki Mug! Big Mahalo! Today my voice is gone, my feet are sore, and parts of me are sunburned... but many happy memories. Can't wait to do it again next year! ALOHA! Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker [email protected] http://www.tikishark.com http://www.myspace.com/Lotus_Land http://www.cocktailnation.net http://www.sargentsfineart.com/artist/parker.php [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2010-08-15 22:57 ]
T tikigodz Member Joined: Oct 12, 2009 Posts: 439	T tikigodz Posted posted on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 9:29 PM UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 4:27 AM Love that Tiki Brad! The detail is amazing! Great work!
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 8:06 AM the wood on that Tiki isMASTERFUL! Great tawkin atcha yesterday,pal!
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 10:46 AM So much detail! Great work, Brad.
CA crazy al Tiki Socialite CA Joined: Jun 25, 2002 Posts: 1876	CA crazy al Posted posted on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 4:53 PM On 2010-08-15 20:27, Tiki Shark Art wrote: Aloha Tiki Tribe! Here's where the sunken pirate ship painting is now... Tiki #27 Likes this http://tikimania.com/docs/bt_27.html and #155 Tooooooo!!! http://tikimania.com/docs/bt_155.html This Painting is over the Top!!
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 1:43 PM Could you put a little more design into your work! I feel like an insane-level minimalist after seeing this latest Super Cinerama Technocolor maxamalism masterpiece. You outta include some flourescent paint touches on this one - with a blacklight that'd be a sight in person, fo sho.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 3:58 PM Robb Hamel - Thanks Rob! Yes this one was HUGE, and kept getting huger as I went! I just finished it late last night. crazy al - BIG MAHALO! Atomic Tiki Punk - Oh sheesh... the details were growing... it was like building a reef with a freaking tiny paint brush.... but the fish were tons of fun to do. little lost tiki - yeah I went out and looked at old palm trees in my area, plus down at the place of refuge - the tikis there are all weathered. zerostreet - THANKS! WELL.... it's done!!!!! The huge-sunken-pirate-ship-and-tiki painting is done! Whew! I was up late finishing it. Am I gonna post a big fat photo? no. I'm gonna be a total tiki-Creep and save it for the OPEN NIGHT at my art show Sept 25th at the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center. Check out the stuff you'll see at this link: http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2010/Tiki-Shark/Parker2010.htm Come on down and gawk at the originals, high end giclees and even reasonably priced giclees on paper which I will personalize to you if you so desire. Hope to see you there! ALOHA Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker
T Tobor64 Grand Member (1 year) Burbank, CA. Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Posts: 402	T Tobor64 Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 5:05 PM Wow! Just stunning, Brad. Simply stunning. 'Nuff Said.
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 6:11 PM You rock the Tiki Hut!
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 6:29 PM That's gonna be a great show! Wish I could see these in person myself!
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 9:00 AM When you see Ken, give him a juicy hug for me!
T tikigodz Member Joined: Oct 12, 2009 Posts: 439	T tikigodz Posted posted on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 5:19 PM the fact that you can find so much fun in your work.and do it for a living is just effin amazing!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Wed, Sep 22, 2010 7:04 PM ALOHA TIKI TRIBE~ Thanks everyone!' I've been posting over on the California events area. Getting ready for my art show -opening night is Sept 25th!! Leaving the island TODAY! Here's the latest painting... The Invisible Man Goes Surfing Acrylic on canvas 11" x 18" ALOHA Brad~
Z ZeroTiki Tiki Socialite Rohnert Park, California Joined: Feb 02, 2009 Posts: 895	Z ZeroTiki Posted posted on Wed, Sep 22, 2010 7:31 PM Can't......look....away.......paintings far... too...AWESOME! Great. now my eyes can't close. ~Zero
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Mon, Oct 4, 2010 11:37 PM ZeroTiki - Thanks! Well the big art show happened after months of prep! Whew, it's nice to be back on the island. LA is great, and I love the culture and art and hot rods, still it felt good to be home. The show was great, everything sold. La Luz de Jesus gallery helped make that happen, as did the staff at the Manhattan Beach Creative arts Center, a generous art patron, my agent, Big Toe, and many tiki tribe members. Big Mahalo to everyone! Now, it's time to start the creative cycle again. A visit to Ken Ruzic while I was on the mainland, and some looking at some great art books has started the cogs and wheels spinning. More to come........... Aloha!
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Tue, Oct 5, 2010 4:51 AM Glad to hear it was a well deserved success, Brad! While you were in LA I received your Tiki Midnight print in the mail! It's beautiful! I get the feeling a visit to Ken's studio must be a very interesting time!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Oct 5, 2010 2:14 PM zerostreet - thanks! So last Friday night before I left LA I stopped in at the Bob's Big Boy in Burbank to soak in the gleaming pleasure of Hot Rod night. This sketch is from a car I saw that night. Might become a painting ... not sure yet. Aloha~
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 1:45 AM Aloha Tiki Tribe! Page of thumb nail sketches for this next painting. working title is "Tiki Town Prowl". I switched the direction of the hot rod to reflect the direction of the auto in "Faster Than Disaster".
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 3:57 AM Looks like a 38 Chev coupe? I likes it! Ive got a mate building a '37 chev sedan and another building a '38 Chev pickup :D
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 4:11 PM Hey 'Shark - what do Frank Lloyd Wright and I have in common???? We both HATE white walls in galleries! They have a negative impact in enough ways I don't have the time to go into it! Frank, by the way, tried to esplain it to the Guggenheims, and the ESTABLISHMENT of his day, and basically wasted a lot of air, therefore I will shut up now. Thanks for letting me vent.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Wed, Oct 6, 2010 11:33 PM Hewey - Yep, That is a 38 Chevy coup my hot rodding professor! I wasn't right at first, I thought it was a 39 or so. I had to look up the years to see the diffrent grills. You got some cool friends building some cool machines! Hope they are offering up rides! My hot rod friends never seem to get their cars all the way to running...e-hem... Robb ~ Vent like Pele my friend! White... like a void. "When you look into the void... you blinked." (Batman: Justice League Crisis on Two Earths) ... (wow, I am so a NERD) (Ok, now this is stuck in my head... Mick Jagger - paint it black!)
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Thu, Oct 7, 2010 2:40 AM On 2010-10-06 23:33, Tiki Shark Art wrote: Hewey - Yep, That is a 38 Chevy coup my hot rodding professor! I wasn't right at first, I thought it was a 39 or so. I had to look up the years to see the diffrent grills. You got some cool friends building some cool machines! Hope they are offering up rides! My hot rod friends never seem to get their cars all the way to running...e-hem... All the rods are in the build stage, though the guy with the '38 pickup has a '64ish Holden (GM) wagon, and the one building the '37 sedan has a '65 Falcon wagon :D This is one of my pics of my mate who's building the 38 in his garage, you can even see the 38 grille in the background.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 4:12 PM Hewey - That's such a great photo! Could be source for future painting! Here's another sketch. Think I want to add a black cat - connects to the "prowl" idea, with the black Chevy slowing cruising through the weird Tiki-opolis. Happy aloha Friday by da way! B~
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 4:52 PM I like this one Brad,but I think the Cat is messing with the composition a bit maybe if you see its head popping up behind the plants in the lower left? You can punch me in the face for saying so! :lol:
Z zerostreet Tiki Socialite http://www.zerostreet.com Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2411	Z zerostreet Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 6:36 PM I love the idea of a cat following the car, sorta Batman-style, from building to building. Also love that you are creating a "Tiki-opolis", a continuation of the city from Faster Than Disaster and one that will be present in future paintings! Very cool!
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 10:52 PM No worries - just messing around with compositional elements Thanks - the city is getting interesting. Here's a rough color sketch - warm light, cool light, warm light... thanks!
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Sat, Oct 9, 2010 12:44 AM On 2010-10-08 16:12, Tiki Shark Art wrote: Hewey - That's such a great photo! Could be source for future painting! No worries! Following art like yours and Rob Hamel's has made me much more aware of the use of light in my photography :D
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sat, Oct 9, 2010 7:55 PM Aloha tiki Tribe! Hewey - and your photos show you are a quick learning - nice stuff! Here's some more color sketches... and some more...
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 9:13 PM transfering sketch to the canvas fixing shape o the 38' A L O H A !
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 12:14 AM Aloha Tiki Tribe! Hey, there is a french magazine named KUSTOM. Issue 21 s the "Hawaiian" issue. It comes poly bagged along with a 16 page supplement on my art. Here's the mag's cover the supplement cover page 1 and 2 -don't know what it sez, it's in french, and my collage french is long gone. page 3 and 4 page 5 & 6 page 7 & 8 9 & 10 11 & 12 13 & 14 Back cover I don't know if these are still on stands in Europe, I heard they were popular and the issue was running low already. Maybe it can be had on the net. Aloha! Brad
T TiKiMaN77 Member Downey, CA Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 179	T TiKiMaN77 Posted posted on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 3:48 PM Hey Brad, the new stuff's lookin awesome as always. Lookin forward to seein the progress on it.
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 4:22 PM Yes,I have been missing the Step by step updates You rock it! Brad.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 4:50 PM Aloha tiki Tribe! Glad to be back posting. The big art show had really taken up more time than I thought. Today I had to re-think the idea behind the piece... after much sketching and wondering, I think I gained the direction back. Aloha B~
RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 5:21 PM I really like the GARAGE pic and the rough color sketches. Neato.
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Tue, Oct 12, 2010 8:03 PM Robb - yeah, I know I love the garage pic too. One day, when I finally learn to paint, that would be a great idea for a painting.
SF Swamp Fire Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 1203	SF Swamp Fire Posted posted on Wed, Oct 13, 2010 9:12 AM Congrats on the sellout show Brad! The new piece is looking great, love the cat in the corner.
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 11:42 PM Man! i thought you'd be taking at least a week or two off... you are on fire,my friend!