Wendy Cevola ceramics to painting. I love doing tiki art.

I played with clay as a child. Then I began to paint in high school. Then I retired work and became a ceramicist. I retired from clay and now it's back to painting! No matter what you do if you get to create something life is good. You are a fine example of that! Thank you.

Black velvet wish of Ryan Stowe July 2022.

For Tiki Oasis San Diego 2022. Party in the Garden. Acrylic on Black Velvet.

Painted with regular paint and then again with UV light sensitive paint.

In 2009 I saw this broach on eBay. It was made in the 1940's. I saved a photo so I could one day paint it. !

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Lookin good

hang10tiki thank you. The one I'm doing next is pretty sexy!

Wendy, what did you do with all your ceramic supplies?

I sold every single thing to Robert E. Coleman. He is putting his studio together. It took months for him to take it all to Nevada.

The Black Velvet wish of Ron House is completed. Even though it wasn't requested some of the painting is UV light sensitive. Here is how it turned out. 9/5/22.

A Black Velvet Wish for Chad Manen

February 2023.

The black velvet wish for Ari Yuasa is finished. It also has a neon effect.

Here it is hung in Japan with two Tiki Bob's I made for him in the past.

I made a collection of the tiki necklaces I've made in the past. They now hang on my wall at home.

Love the black velvets when the colors change

hang10tiki it brings back the 1960's and all the fun dances. I love ultraviolet light on paintings.

I was given this reference photo and then

I sculpted a mug for Robert E. Coleman and then trained him in the art of mold making. He took it home and is now beginning to cast this Pumpkin Tiki Bob.

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It's the Great Pumpkin Bobs Charlie Brown

Or Got Rum? Good Guess but that's not his idea. It's a fun one.

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Chris Powell has a signature tiki and he wanted it placed in a tropical setting. Here is his Black Velvet Wish. 7/1/23 The helper photos.

The end result.

Good work

hang10tiki thank you. I'm having fun!

Under "other crafts" and run by MadDogMike there are swaps each year. This if my piece for the swap ending on 7/23/23.

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I sculpted this mug based on the tiki shaker made by Joniece Frank. Frankoma did the production and sale of the mug. The company started in 1933. In the early 1960's they made tiki mugs for a couple of places. Now after all these years they are back in the tiki game. I did the fun part; they did the rest.

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Niiiiiice

Thank you hang10tiki.

Here is the latest wish. This painting was a wish of Derreck Heritage. He requested UV light sensitive and so I painted it twice once in regular paint and then with UV paint. Here are both ways and also un-framed and framed.

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After hanging Derreck sent these photos. I appreciate seeing the art where it is located.

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Love pics that “light up”

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hang10tiki I do too but dental crowns in your mouth will also light up!

Very cool Wendy!

Awesome work... very nice.

MadDogMike thank you MadDog.

TheTackyTiki black velvet is hard but very fun to paint on. Thank you.

new here, stumbled upon a pic of hot tub hula girl mug and went down the rabbit hole to here. I take this post to mean there will be no more of these tiki mugs made?

btw that hula girl painting with the florescent paint is incredible

av8or the Hot Tub Hula Girl could return. I sold all the molds that would make that possible. There's talk. Of course it might not be like those I made, they were very labor intensive.

I'm happy you like my painting. I retired and just paint now. However I also do sculpting for mug by Frankoma Pottery Company. It's too hard to be idle.

PS I've posted a couple of hundreds of pages of making tiki art step by step on the "other crafts" page

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I have finished my painting Witco on Edge for the Tiki Central Swap 2024. The stars twinkle as you walk across the room looking at the painting.

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So much great work to catch up on! Love blacklight painting; you are rocking it. Hope you and the Hub are well!

Oceia Oteca we are doing great, hope you are too. We are still having a lot of tiki fun.

8/6/2024

New Black Velvet called...The Eye Have It.

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Bravo...well done Wendy

OGR I made one mistake but since I did this painting for myself it's OK. The orange ball should have set back further. Oh well!

Thank you, it was fun seeing you pop up here.

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I think the Orange Float is fine where it is.

I think the Orange Float is fine where it is.

glad to see you are going strong Wendy! Painting and ceramics are looking great!

OGR thank you. I'll do better in the future.

OceaOtica we are both still out there and having tiki fun. It's hard not too! I like checking out what you are up too.

On 12/20/24 Heather and Steve picked up their Wish List painting. The most detail I've ever done. They had many requests from 2 dead cats to a kookaburra. I finished just in time for Christmas.

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Congrats Wendy. That turned out awesome. I'm sure they will be VERY happy with it.

GROG, thank you. It was fun each time I ticked off another thing on their wish list.

Excellent Wendy

Thank you OGR. It was fun to do.

Beautiful! The Kookaburra just doesn't get enough love, glad to see him included ;)

That bird was my favorite spot in the entire painting. They are birders and they were really happy to see him. Thank you MDM.

Love it

hang10tiki it sure is fun to do tiki artwork. Since these are wishes I never know what I'll paint next. Thank you. Time to start another one.

That could be a mural, great work Wendy