Post #612916 by TikiTomD on Sun, Nov 6, 2011 10:03 AM

Robert, I’m looking forward to the arrival of “Lava Falls,” in the form of both its original conceptual sketch and as the finished art print. Maori Tikis are a personal favorite, and the detail and setting of your newest creation are exceptional. The features depicted in your art are faithful to an original museum article that Sven posted earlier in this thread, as can be seen in this side-by-side comparison...

Our beach house is limited in available wall space, so I must choose carefully among the many talented artists and their art here at Tiki Central. It’s a real challenge, as I like so much of what I see. We’re beyond what Holler Waller’s wife refers to as “Tiki creep,” somewhere on the road to, but hopefully short of, “Tiki clutter.”

An earlier post showed some of the Tiki and Hawaiiana items that we have in our master bedroom. In the hallway adjacent to the Blowfish Bar, we have a Derek Yaniger print, a Hukilau 2010 poster and Hawaiian art calendar...

The hallway bathroom was not spared...

Tiki Joe’s Ocean album art print signed by Tiki tONy and Andy Nazzal

Hukilau 2010 poster acquired at Hukilau 2011 and signed by as many participants as I could snag between events, including Ron Licudine, son of Mario Licudine, the original Mai-Kai mixologist

Moving to the sun room next to the master bedroom...

An Ed’s Heads Tiki totem

Hawaiian lamp atop roll top desk

Caricature of me done at the LA Zoo in 2003, an appropriate setting if I may say so

A favorite watercolor of Space Shuttle night launch done by Brenda Wallis, a talented lady who never let MS keep her from creating art, including beautiful murals

And finally, back to the bar area...

Mermaid acquired years ago from the gift shop at the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, tallest lighthouse in Florida and the second tallest masonry lighthouse in the nation, located about 27 miles south of the Blowfish Bar

-Tom