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2 of my New Wacky Packages paintings for Series 9, 2012. p. 103 |
Thanatos
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|  Posted: 2005-07-27 08:42 am Permalink
Met grandpa once. Cool guy. Art work is great!
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-07-27 10:17 pm Permalink
Thanks, Thanatos. I'd love to meet him too. It's great that he's still kicking after all these years!
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
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| Posted: 2005-08-01 03:33 am Permalink
Hi Sam - fantastic gear shift knob! Grandpa is so realistic - could easily be mistaken as a photo! I sorta have a gear shift fetish - cant get enough of the little fellas - in fact I have started carving my own and have been asked to carve some unique ones for hot rods and custom cars.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-08-01 7:33 pm Permalink
Thanks a bunch for all of the kind words, Marcus. For the record, here's the story behind the gearshift knob painting:
We fled to Birmingham, Alabama to get away from Hurricane Dennis earlier this month - I have a great uncle there who owns a speed shop which he and his brothers started in the '50s. There is quite a bit of old stock there from way back when, and when I went to the shop, I asked him if he had any old skull shift knobs around. He went behind the counter and just handed it to me. When I got home, I dug out a 1960 Car Craft magazine with an old ad in it showing a drawing of the very same knob with that same wording: "Voodoo Head Gearshift Knob" - so I added my own layout, letter styles and colors, and did the painting. The whole irritating hurricane ordeal turned out to be quite inspirational!
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Aaron's Akua
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| Posted: 2005-08-02 4:58 pm Permalink
Grandpa's eyes look just right. Brings back good memories, Sam.
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Swamp Fire
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| Posted: 2005-08-02 6:49 pm Permalink
I really dig those new paintings Sam. Those must be for the DVA show. I always like hearing how an artist gets inspiration for doing a painting, very cool.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-08-02 7:12 pm Permalink
Thanks, AA. Grandpa brings back good memories for me too. He and Vincent Price when he did those commercials for the shrunken head kits back in the mid-70's.
Thanks too, Doug. The VooDoo Head is for the DvA Stickshifts show, and Grandpa went to the Tikis and Terrors show at A StuART Gallery in Encino.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-08-14 10:42 pm Permalink
Here's the artwork for Cheekytiki's London Luau at Trader Vic's...
Here's the link for it:
http://www.thelondonluau.co.uk/
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hewey
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| Posted: 2005-08-14 11:30 pm Permalink
Man I love this one too. Another awesome piece. The layout is perfect. The text is awesome. Very cool.
I can't wait to recieve my Sam Gambino print! Should be making the trip down under any day now!
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2005-08-15 08:40 am Permalink
I really love this one too Sam. Love the deep Blue and Big Ben is Just Perfect(how could I not love that!) Plus the tiki face just looks so typically British with that toothy grin and cleft chin. Just plain Beautiful. Cheerio!
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Fez Ape
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Posts: 104 | Posted: 2005-08-15 11:07 am Permalink
Clean, classy, and classic looking, just SUPERB! Hope it is a hit.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-08-15 2:00 pm Permalink
Thanks, hewey, Ben and Fez Ape. I watched 18 hours straight of Monty Python, Benny Hill and Fawlty Towers to get the right feel for the art... Okay, I'm kidding!  Those shows are hilarious though.
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Raffertiki
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| Posted: 2005-08-15 2:29 pm Permalink
I think this one is your best of this style so far. Are they flying you out for the Luau?
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2005-08-15 8:19 pm Permalink
Thanks, Raffer - I don't believe I'll be flying over, but of course that may not be out of the question! Cheekytiki?....Cheekytiki?? 
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congatiki
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| Posted: 2005-08-15 9:34 pm Permalink
great artwork Sam....and it looks like a great time too...
let's all go!
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