Tiki Shark is not a complete idiot. Some Parts are missing.
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I found out I made it into "Spectrum 15, the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art - Cool!I make "low brow" art about Tiki culture.
What is "Tiki Culture"? I dunno.
That's a question best anwsered by Sven Kirsten
But, here's what I think: ah..........I think it started as the "myth" of Hawaii. The "Myth" of the perfect tropical island paradise that was created and promoted, somewhere in the 1930's to get tourists to visit the Hawaiian islands. It's deeper roots are in the "Kapu" religion of ancient Hawaii, and the use of carved images. I don't consider the mythical power of the tikis to have stopped when the Kapu system was broken by Queen Ka'ahamanu in 1819. Their wooden images may have been pulled down and burned, but their influence continues on to this day, stronger than ever - but changed. In an adaptive organic fluid state it's part of the new "myth" of Hawaii and Polynesian pop culture. Their "Tiki Mojo" has spread farther and reached all the way around the globe and touching millions of rum soaked brains. Think about it, there are many, many more tikis in the world now than in the past. Sure, most of them are mass produced, but many others are carved ( or painted) by actual artists.
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The Long Journey to Lotus Land: I worked in Hollywood doing commercial illustration, comic books/graphic novels, computer games, video games, music videos, commercials, and movies: such as... Jeepers Creepers, Jeepers Creepers II, (I designed the Creeper, and boy was that fun!) Envy, Peaceful Warrior, several films that never made it to the silver screen, and finally, Dream Girls, and Blades of Glory.
I've left the craziness of Hollywood behind, and traveled across the wild blue Pacific to Hawaii.
I make tiki art on an active volcanic Island. (Ah, now my life finally has meaning!)Aloha nui
You can also check out my "tiki art in progress" art thread, and my art for sale on Tiki Central. You'll need to hunt through the forums. It's a great web site and tons of tiki-fun!
www.tikiroom.com
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