Aloha Children!
How are y'all doing today?
:)
well...as usual, a buncha stuff to share with y'alls...
but first...
raves-happy birthday!
I agree about the first "sad panda" LLT in the original...
I think back then, i was still a bit cautious of expanding
upon the tikis,trying to keep them authentic,and making for a
more awkward "look" that didn't quite capture his mood completely...
there are still some moody aspects from the original
that i may try to work into the new one...or not..
i'm almost afraid to add anything else to it...it's going so well....
ah well.. "fortune favors those who dare"
Naples yellow DOES ROCK! and don't you forget it!
Thanks for visitin!
TikiJoe's Pop-Andy! thanks man! See you in a few weeks,i guess!
if not....then Oasis! HiHo!
GROG-i have no Naples...
They are not yellow...
i'm built like a ken doll...
Damn that Gepetto!
Skinny Dawgs!
hi jen and scott!
I'll try to visit that happy place more!
Thank yews!
Kiki- I'm grumpy AND love Chagall...believe it!
I'm so glad you and so many others have such favorable things to say about my slow-motion book project....You kids are toot-sweet!Mahalo!
"grumpus"?
i kinda like the sound of that...
buzzard-Thanks pal! Imspiration is usually a bonghit and a book away! :lol:
Polynesiac!
jim! thanks for the visit and the swanky shirt,buddy! You know the deal with the madman frame of mind...i've seen your carvings...what gets me is How do you carvers channel all that energy into the chip-chip-chip? It would drive me mad! Like not being able to let a line flow across the paper-more like a dash-dash-dash..Now carving takes not only that mad genius,knowledge and discipline, but patience...You gotta wait a week to a few months to get one done...
Knowing you'll read the little lost tiki book makes me want to go on a hiatus and finish it this year!
Jason! Iokona Ki'i!
Thank ya for the company!
If i sold everything, what would decorate my studio walls? the preferable way is a slow release to the public...that way i can replenish the walls with no bare spots!
great batch of wahine pastels by the way! such glowing skin! :)
Clarita!
i agree with living equals experience equals inspiration..
i think the trick is just to become fully-saturated and lucid during the experience so you may recall and record it later....
just like you say withconnecting with people and moments
quality/quantity...
A Lesser number of these experiences, if recorded inside properly,
can be summoned up and used over and over...I think the fact that an artist usually feels things very intensely probably helps to recall those things....
As for doing things over and over...
there is always variation
there is always an evolution
I would never draw the same piece over and over again
without changing it,viewing it in a different light,or angle....
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on Art and the creative/inspirational side...
i guess we're all born with creativity
it's just a matter of making sure it tags along
when you walk up the path...
your observations about the piece
with sweet,sad,melancholic brain activity, with a search for innocence that seems a little distant nailed it the closest...
A situation in an artist's life does not have to mirror a situation in a painting...a sweet reminiscence from youth can,for instance be molded into a narrative that just carries a grain of that feeling BUT by surrounding it with a landscape and a story,that grain can be amplified and made to fit into the mood of a painting...does that make sense?
Please don't stay in your cave too long,Clarita..
you have too many good things to say as well as create! :)
Sai-Baba!-you are the Trophyhead Master!I'll put another vote down for gettin this thing written!
Robb-Hibiscus boy! mural? Been there-done them..over it...
Kiki-while you kids were slurping down cheap drinks, i was being the perfectly disciplined artist,creating in the studio and trying not to think of all the fun you kids were having at DTBC!
Sam-Thank you ,my friend!
You SHOULD go BIG!
Looking at your pieces always sends me "there"...I can only imagine a bigger area would be fantastical!
As for the LLT piece...
Not so big....
just 2x3-which is big enough!
still got that huge 8-foot "lost rowers" painting to finish....
I think i've been avoiding the big pieces because...
it takes a while to sell them
in the meantime, i gotta find wall space!
dilemas! dilemas!
What would David Berg say?
:)
Anyways, thank you all for the thoughts and props and food-for-thought!
First off..this is for Mad dog Mike...
he noticed a piece behind my easel and asked about it..
even daring to joke that it was a self-portrait...
hmmmmmmmmmmm....
anyways, here's a shot i finally took of it...
"Beggar reading a Blank Piece of paper"
I know it's not tiki,but scroll down and you can get your fill!
i think this piece is around 10-13 years old...
it's kinda about how crazy/homeless people often see deeper than most folks....kinda works the same way for artists,seeing things that aren't there-seeing how things can be "evolved" blahblahblah...
anyways....here's a piece i started yesterday,then had to stop when tikishark and Bigtoe popped by for a visit!:)
and then i finished it after they left... it's a skimboard i got from a dear friend...well, it finally got some LOVE!
decided to go all PNG on it!
"the Happy Thought"
acrylic and paint pen on wooden skimboard
here's a close-up...
Also finished this drawing..
"the jungle path"
tissue paper stain/ink/colored pencil on Aquarelle watercolor paper
here's a pretty scan of it
It deals with the dangers and pitfalls of wandering down a jungle path...
here's some deets...
Snakes and bones...not a good sign...
look! a BOID!
some Vegematation
Also..here's 2 more drawings i did a few days back
not wanting to work on any masterpieces
just in the mood for play..
"Appearance of the BirdFish"
and "Spirit Dream"
and here's the cleaned up scans
(pics for something you'll find out about later
when the time is right...)
just as i promised,dear ohana...
"the Friend Collector"
"the Gossips"
"the Nervous Guest"
and lastly, an untitled one of a
Kanaloa/Lono/Ku/and Kane..I'll think of some funny title soon...
those two on the right would make killer mugs...hmmmmm....
:)
and,for having to put up with those previous blurry shots
here is another Blast from the past i finally got a good photograph of...
it's loosely based on tales of the Sirens and Ship of Fools...
This one also has a Naples Yellow outline for the figures..
enjoy!
"the lost crew"
some details...
There you go... I'm tired of scanning and cleaning up!
Blew my whole evening..
No art til tomorrow...:(
that is all, dear friends!
Good Night!
Oh! I got's 2 pieces up on eBay this week
cheggem out!
Thanks!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=31831&forum=12&0
http://www.kenruzic.com
http://www.myspace.com/kenruzicdotcom
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19904&forum=18&start=0
[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2009-03-31 21:52 ]
