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The insane world of Babalu

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B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 8:22 AM Hey, Well, I owe a huge thanks to pdrake who took a few of my old slides (some are really crappy shots) home with him after the last Chop and somehow put them on a CD….just got this disk at Oasis. Now, I wished I would have given him more slides. :) Anyway, some of the below work is from my earlier years…some from school daze, others not. The one thing all this work has in common (minus just a few) is that it’s all either been sold, gifted, or melted back into the insane boiling pot from which it was conceived. Hope you all don’t mind me posting this stuff? It’s kind of fun for me to show it….not many have seen these pictures before. There are so many great artists whose work I just love, love, love on TC that I hope some of you will follow suit and post some of your early stuff too…I would kill to see it! So, they are listed in no particular order really… In the name of… base is 4’ x 8’ Detail Detail Chairman of the Board 21”x 20”x 61.5” Detail Mommy’s Tombstone 42”x 2”x 30” Fowl Play 54” diameter For My Third Wish – A Self Portrait 78”x 44” Detail Detail It’s a Small World After all 42” diameter The Bee that almost killed my wife 12”x 12”x 2” Rosie 49”x 38” Icarus (a tribute to a found turtle’s life) 24”x 32” Life No record of size…3’x ? Dinner for None 61”x 49” Ozzie & Harriet 19”x 14” Bugs Bunny 12.5”x 12”x 8” Croc Pot 35”x 19”x 11.5” Bolder Nights ( I think I ended up getting a 4 finger lid and this shitty picture for this work) 24’x 16” Spring Ahead 17”x 10” Bunny Lamp 26’x 24” Screw Fountain 25”x 25” Untitled Size? England (not sure why I was pissed off at the time now?) 18”x 6” The Highway Licked the Hare 24”x 16” Executive Decision 8.5”x 10” Detail Maholo for looking!
MN Mr. NoNaMe Member Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 1919	MN Mr. NoNaMe Posted posted on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 10:53 AM Rick, this is some awesome stuff. A few lids here, a few doses there... :) I am not inferring anything. Some use a vehicle and some ARE the vehicle. My favorite is Mommy's Tombstone. I saw it at the house. I really dig it's size and "the arms of the heavens" look. And of course anything with hares. I think I like the nekid mermaid hares with guns and knives best. Hmm, that one couldv'e been a feitsh nightmare. I mighta jumbled a few of you pieces together in my head.
MN Mr. NoNaMe Member Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 1919	MN Mr. NoNaMe Posted posted on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 11:12 AM My wife and I went to see a Heironymus Bosch instalation about ten years. Your work reminds her of him. When I was a kid I would hang out at Many Hands and play with the stuff that was used to hold stained glass together. Lead maybe? Most of the work that I remember was pottery and staind glass. Some was abstract pottery.
B Bowana Tiki Socialite La Mesa, CA Joined: Nov 10, 2006 Posts: 1183	B Bowana Posted posted on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 1:42 PM Bugs Bunny is my fav! Where are all of these pieces now, Rick?
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 10:07 AM Hey you two, thanks for the comments. I use to have some pet rabbits that were my good buddies. That must have been some influence on the bunnies. Also, someone mentioned a while back that the bunny stuff reminded them of that book "Watership Down", which come to think of it, I did read prior to working these rabbits, so yeah, maybe in the back of my mind somewhere I was pulling from this?? On the bunny wars, I wanted to use images of the most docile creatures I could think of...and well, rabbits are real close to the old bottom of the food chain thing there. so.... At any rate, these particular slides are of older stuff, and most has sold and I have no clue where it ended up. Some of those wax paintings never held up to direct sunlight and I had to shit can them. I really thought I had a brilliant process down at that time to encase the wax (torched crayons)...It worked for awhile, but alas failed in the end. I need to get more of my old slides put on CD like this...this is fun.
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 5:12 PM Babalu, your work is so twisted. I love it.
C congatiki Member wisconsin northwoods Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 2541	C congatiki Posted posted on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 6:57 PM Babalu it is quite apparent that you are a crazy mother....and I mean that in the best way possible. Thanks a ton for posting this stuff, gonna revisit this one a lot.
V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 9:40 PM Right there on the edge of surrealism....your stuff rocks!!! Thanks for posting the pictures.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sun, Sep 30, 2007 5:27 AM You should Really do more bunny's and even bunny/tikis too. Excellent stuff, I am glad Perry fixed these up for us all to see. Thanx
R Robin Member where the road and the sky collide Joined: Jul 01, 2007 Posts: 402	R Robin Posted posted on Sun, Sep 30, 2007 11:21 AM Wow! This is the kind of work I've always wished I was brave enough to do. Fantastic puns. Whimsical but....? Top o'the heap in the imagination category. Nobody's ever gonna be able to accuse you of being banal for sure. I'm loving the traveling merhare show too...what a great insight this post is into your current work. R.
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7548	G GROG Posted posted on Sun, Sep 30, 2007 11:52 AM Wow! You ARE completely insane. Good stuff.
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 Wed, Jan 23, 2008 8:26 AM Awesome and Insane Rick! Those are the 2 words i would pick... you're nuts,but in a great artist way.... I love the Third Wish! I used to get those Archie Mcphee tub of toys and was always delighted by the colors,shapes,and characters hiding inside..... I would love to see this one in person and just zone out on all the little details.... "in the name of" is a fab approach to telling it like it is when we gloss over our true intentions and fight behind a cause... Those bunnies accurately reflect the plight of our race today and yesterday... Keep it up Babs! Don't stop! The world needs more insightful art! :)
H Hiphipahula Tiki Socialite The Valley! Joined: May 27, 2006 Posts: 2451	H Hiphipahula Posted posted on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 10:56 AM It was fun to have a look at this thread again. Great work Babalu!
TK talo ka Member tampa, fla Joined: Jul 26, 2007 Posts: 452	TK talo ka Posted posted on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 11:18 AM very interesting pieces there. excellent work from an obviously twisted mind.
T TikiG Tiki Socialite Riverside, California Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 1560	T TikiG Posted posted on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 12:22 PM Ha! Enjoyable stuff here Babalu...sometimes wicked, sometimes bold, sometimes funny but always POIGNANT!! Thanks for a tour thru the layers.
TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 3:10 PM Yeah, I am digging it too! Especially "Mommy's tombstone".
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Fri, Nov 24, 2017 10:55 PM More...very soon! I hold to no standards...peace.

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