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TikiDaye
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Joined: Mar 26, 2010
Posts: 124
From: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
|  Posted: 2012-02-29 6:27 pm Permalink
Kinny!
I've been away for a bit but naturally hit your thread first upon my return to TC... You never cease to amaze nor inspire me, my friend!
I love your Blair tribute piece...
Blair's art has always held a special appeal with me...
You struck a great combo of Blair inspiration and Kinny magic...
Well done!
In fact, I would love to see what a Kinny Small World would look like...
I'll email Mickey and suggest he turn to you when he decides to make the sequel ride.
Was (pleasantly) surprised to see a couple of your pieces in limited edition print via Steal This Art...
Prints? By Kinny? Never thought I'd see that...
Anyway, brother, you are certainly churning out the magic as usual.
Wish I could catch up at the Tiki Market this weekend but cannot make it.
One of these days I will make it to Cali for a visit.
Peace & blessings!
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3308
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2012-03-07 01:21 am Permalink
Very proud to be the new owner of this wonderful piece, Ken!
And it was so great to see you live and in color on Sunday!
I'm working on maybe being a part of the next Marketplace, and this time I need to make a stop at the studio!
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 2753
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2012-03-16 12:18 am Permalink
Great Purchase Lake Surfer! U got great taste in art - KENNY is DA" BEST!
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 2753
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2012-03-16 12:21 am Permalink
I love your Blair tribute piece...
Blair's art has always held a special appeal with me...
You struck a great combo of Blair inspiration and Kinny magic...
Well done!
In fact, I would love to see what a Kinny Small World would look like...
I'll email Mickey and suggest he turn to you when he decides to make the sequel ride.
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I so agree. Disney needs LLT.
The new Disney Hawaiian resort on Oahu is very nice... but the art on display in the halls and rooms , while nice, is lacking the energy and vibrant aloha that every LLT piece explodes with. They would do well with acquiring some original Ken Ruzic work for their resort.
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7457
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2012-03-25 11:48 pm Permalink
Aloha Everyone!
I just spent 2 hours typing this up and replying to y'alls
and telling y'alls how much i loved you all dearly
and then....
i accidently ERASED it!
So,please forgive me,but i gotta work tomorrow
so i will reply to all of you who have been nice enough to leave a comment
at a later date...
here are some of the paintings i will have a Mojave Oasis
for you to adopt!
i share these on here because there are details and explanations
but sorry... no step-by-steps today...
"Sleeping Village by the River"
cel-vinyl and acrylic gouache on wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame
16x20"
a close-up of the moon....
i wanted a crescent moon,but also wanted a PNG-ish face smiling sweetly downward...
Here's the little tiki fellow who
1) was carved and mounted near the riverbank
2) has walked over of his own accord
while everyone was asleep
to talk with his underwater friends....
(i tend to find the second option the most interesting!)
This part was fun to paint!
i painted the fish over the blue ground first
and added the shadows underneath and on them...
a few Artjams back,Toe said it looked like they were floating above the river!
which they were....But that was only stage 1
He didn't know about stage 2!
the last layer of the surface of the water
along with shadows on the fish from above...
note the green "reflection" lines
closer to shore...
simple but effective!
"Closing Time"
cel-vinyl and acrylic gouache on wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame
16x20"
Decided to return to the Tiki Bar Interior scene...
This painting occurs at Closing Time
as the viewer looks woefully back
at drinks half-consumed
and the soft goodbyes of mugs and smiling pufferfish lamps...
Here's my dream bowl...one of em,at least...
Here's a dream PNG shield mug
with a lonely umbrella...
and here's a wobbly pufferfish lamp
bidding the reveler g'night!
"Warning on the Shore"
cel-vinyl and acrylic gouache on wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame
16x20"
This painting was a challenge for a number of reasons....
1)the pallete.... a periwinkle/pink/sky blue/red
offset by olives and a dull brown....
would it work?
Well....i think so
but i got's a bias!
2)i felt like revisiting
the old TikiFarm Mug theme
of the 3 moods
Angry,Crazy
Distracted,Indifferent,meditative
and Very Happy
Like the ol' Oli Oli Kakaka,and Pupule mugs...
brought back here,but applied to these PNG shields....
3)i wanted to set a subtle theme...
What better subtlety than a warning?
4) i wanted to capture reflections and the ripple of water upon a shore
driving the composition upward towards the faces,the gag if you will..
and then having that emotion
the emotion of encountering these shields and the bones strewn about
rippling outward from that emotion,carried into the sky
amplifying it...
capturing that initial shock....
So it was quite a mental push
as well as a little outside of the comfort zone..
but HECK!there was a SALE at Art Supply warehouse,sooooooo
i followed my instinct and grabbed a BUNCH of paints and canvases
for some new stuff for Mojave oasis !
Come on down and see it all in person!
I'll be sharing the tiny trailer with Doug Horne!
(i don't mind spooning! PLUS! He's a giant,so i can just snuggle up on his chest
and he won't even notice....like a cat!) 
If you'd like to see EVEN MORE new pieces that i didn;t share here
(ie: no close-ups or comments)
then Go HERE!
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=35616&forum=21&start=last&
Anyways.... It's gettin late
G'night for now!
[ This Message was edited by: little lost tiki 2012-03-25 23:56 ]
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Beachbumz
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jan 09, 2008
Posts: 991
From: 21°/156° MAUI
| Posted: 2012-03-26 12:32 am Permalink
I've done that erase thing so many times... arggg!
Ken your work is amazing!!!! I love them all them all.. I love the colors you used in the Warning on the Shore, and the expressions on the PNG shields is sooooo cool..
Thanks for sharing brada, wish I could make it to OasiS but not gonna happen this year..  Aloha
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Atomic Tiki Punk
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 3992
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-03-26 12:58 am Permalink
Very nice Kinny, now don't get a big head!
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-03-26 08:20 am Permalink
"Sleeping Village" ~ Looks like he's about to go skinny dipping. Everyone else is asleep, he's hung his shirt on the palm tree, and he's already got one foot in the water. Hope it's warm!
Beautiful colors on "Warning on the Shore". Great job of adding a fresh palatte and still maintaining your signature look.
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 2753
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2012-04-07 02:59 am Permalink
love it, love IT. LOVE IT!
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little lost tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7457
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2012-04-09 01:33 am Permalink
Okay! Time to reply to y'alls....as promised....
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On 2012-02-28 01:48, Lake Surfer wrote:
Awesome sauce Ken!
Love the latest offerings! Mind bending colors and themes!
I hope they all go to great new homes this weekend, and I'm thrilled I get to see 'em in person on Sunday!
See ya soon!
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Hey Dave!
Great seein you at Don's a while back! Sorry about the ray sting!
Next time we will ARTJAM!
thanks for those two PNG masks!
they are proudly in the studio room where i paint..
watching over stuff....
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On 2012-02-28 06:15, MadDogMike wrote:
Kinster, I missed your last posted group! Great lighting on the bird drum circle. Valley of the Falls is awesome! If you would build your studio there I would come visit more often 
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MIKE!
Can't wait to see your crazy smiling face at MOJAVE OASIS!!!!!
Was having fun with that circular outward emanating lighting
Will be able to do more observational studies at MOasis!
Someday i will build that studio by the waterfall
and i will build you a hut next door!
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On 2012-02-29 18:27, TikiDaye wrote:
Kinny!
I've been away for a bit but naturally hit your thread first upon my return to TC... You never cease to amaze nor inspire me, my friend!
I love your Blair tribute piece...
Blair's art has always held a special appeal with me...
You struck a great combo of Blair inspiration and Kinny magic...
Well done!
In fact, I would love to see what a Kinny Small World would look like...
I'll email Mickey and suggest he turn to you when he decides to make the sequel ride.
Was (pleasantly) surprised to see a couple of your pieces in limited edition print via Steal This Art...
Prints? By Kinny? Never thought I'd see that...
Anyway, brother, you are certainly churning out the magic as usual.
Wish I could catch up at the Tiki Market this weekend but cannot make it.
One of these days I will make it to Cali for a visit.
Peace & blessings!
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Hey Jason!
Thanks for poppin in stranger!
I'm wondering if a kinny Small World would be a good idea....
All i can see are epileptic seizures
babbling incoherent children
and the stuff of lunatic's nightmares
and lawsuits...i imagine lots of lawsuits...
So in the meantime,these little creations will remain in the 2-D
for now..
and Yes! Jeremy at Stealthisart.com is a friend of 20 years
and a true collector and admirer of the arts....
i kept both of the print runs on there
at 25 prints or below....
have done a few prints since last we spoke
"Under the Midnight Sun"
"Land of the Mermaids(Angelfish)"
"Land of the Mermaids(Seahorse)"
"Moses"
"Ezekiel"
and "Moon and River"
No print has a run over 40
so i'm pushing out into the print arena
but slowly
and with a desire to provide the owner with something very limited
and beautiful and perhaps even worth something someday....
Please try and make it down to Cali for a visit
my studio couch is always open if you need a place to crash!
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On 2012-03-07 01:21, Lake Surfer wrote:
Very proud to be the new owner of this wonderful piece, Ken!
And it was so great to see you live and in color on Sunday!
I'm working on maybe being a part of the next Marketplace, and this time I need to make a stop at the studio!
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Thank YOU,man!
It couldn't have found a better hut to live at!
Don's was a LOT funner hanging with all youse crazy kids!
ARTJAM!!!!
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On 2012-03-16 00:18, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
Great Purchase Lake Surfer! U got great taste in art - KENNY is DA" BEST!
I love your Blair tribute piece...
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Blair's art has always held a special appeal with me...
You struck a great combo of Blair inspiration and Kinny magic...
Well done!
In fact, I would love to see what a Kinny Small World would look like...
I'll email Mickey and suggest he turn to you when he decides to make the sequel ride.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I so agree. Disney needs LLT.
The new Disney Hawaiian resort on Oahu is very nice... but the art on display in the halls and rooms , while nice, is lacking the energy and vibrant aloha that every LLT piece explodes with. They would do well with acquiring some original Ken Ruzic work for their resort.
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Send them guys my way! We can do matching bedsheets and curtains as well!
and we can have a Brad wing
and a Dawn wing
and a Doug wing
etc etc!
You're always too kind,Brad! Thanks for your perseverance and energy and especially your BRAIN!
Can't wait to see YOU and all those canvases at laLuz this summer!
BIG HUG!
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On 2012-03-26 00:32, Beachbumz wrote:
I've done that erase thing so many times... arggg!
Ken your work is amazing!!!! I love them all them all.. I love the colors you used in the Warning on the Shore, and the expressions on the PNG shields is sooooo cool..
Thanks for sharing brada, wish I could make it to OasiS but not gonna happen this year.. Aloha
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BeachBumz-Thanks for the visit! Tonight i'm being EXTRA VIGILANT as not to erase all these comments! So glad that you and so many others dig that Warning on the Shore piece...This next batch i just made has that same stream of consciousness color approach...i think you'll like it...
too bad about oasis....but if you're ever in the neighborhood
there's a lot of Tikiart at the studio...
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On 2012-03-26 00:58, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Very nice Kinny, now don't get a big head!
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does this even rate a reply?
send a hug to Nancy for me!
none for you!
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On 2012-03-26 08:20, MadDogMike wrote:
"Sleeping Village" ~ Looks like he's about to go skinny dipping. Everyone else is asleep, he's hung his shirt on the palm tree, and he's already got one foot in the water. Hope it's warm!
Beautiful colors on "Warning on the Shore". Great job of adding a fresh palette and still maintaining your signature look.
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Hey Mike!
TOTAL SKINNY DIPPIN!
that was supposed to be moss,but i like your approach a LOT better!
CANNOT WAIT to go Skinny Dippin at Mojave Oasis,buddy!
and yet another Warning on the Shore approval!
YAY!!!!
Here's ALL the pieces from this latest burst of painting
Gearin up for Mojave Oasis Kiddies!
They get first dibs on these pups..
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=35616&forum=21&start=285&297
and here's the Mojave Oasis thread
if'n you'd like to come down and experience the MAgic!
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=41495&forum=17&start=0
Now below will be a FEW of those pieces with details and lil comments....
for JUST the pieces GO to that link...
Are we at an understanding?
Good!
Here we goooooooo!
"the Brothers"
acrylic gouache,celvinyl,black gesso
on tissue paper and ink stained canvas
14x14"
this one was originally a canvas i had tissue-paper/ink stained
then after a time
i applied black gesso to form two ovals
that resembled cut gems
and there it sat
for a long time
until i picked it up and decided to make two PNG shield brothers
in a little spat....
Here's a close-up of the tissue paper/ink stain under the paint...
"Baby Cannibal King"
acrylic gouache and cel-vinyl on canvas
6x12"
This one was just a little warm-up on these 6x12 canvases i got...
Wanted to do some quickie affordable paintings
so people could take some art back to their hut
and not break their bankrolls....
Here's a close-up of his head
the red you see in the piece was an afterthought
it sat there for a week with just the blue rough background
and daddy wasn't pleased with it..
until,i had a brush sopping with some vermillion
while i was working on another piece
so i slopped it on there
and it WORKED!
Now it's done..
"the Cannibal's Throne"
acrylic gouache and cel-vinyl on canvas
6x12"
This one was a little more modeled
tighter outlines and richer shadows....
i love his face!
and these wee slave cannibals with the big mouths are just the perfect skull stands...
"Cannibal's Feeding Frenzy"
acrylic gouache and cel-vinyl on wood
with a raw and primitve Bamboo Ben frame
19x21"
Here is the piece without the frame....
i was going for a shaded cool of the day mood for this feeding frenzy...
kind of as it's nearing the end and nap-time is right around the corner...
this chap is having slight greed/hoarding issues..
Homeboy here is just STOKED for no real reason...
and here's their cannibal idol...
Using the peacock blue for the outline really brought some of the olives and the browns forward....nice optical effect i will have to apply in the future some more....
"Bane of the Bullies"
acrylic gouache and cel-vinyl on wood
with a savage and primal Bamboo Ben frame
19x21"
Everybody's been bullied in some way
at some time in their lives
it's what drives us to suceed
our way of getting even with those troglodytes from High School..
Anyways....there's a Bullying movie out in the theatres
so the word was in the air
so i grabs it
and took that idea
and pictured this poor little shield experiencing the Bane of being bullied!!
Here's the piece all by it's lonesome...
Here's the poor victim being teased and cryin puddles on the grass below him....
i busted out that coral again and played around with a hazy night setting..
here's a nice fuzzy moon on a quiet humid night...
and here's the last o dem bullies!
Okay! it's 1:30 and i gotta get to sleep!
Thanks y'alls for all the comments and nice things and visits!
Hope to see everybody at Mojave Oasis!
I'll be vending in the vintage trailer half circle
right near the bathrooms and General Store!
See you there!
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zerostreet
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Feb 06, 2010
Posts: 1677 | Posted: 2012-04-09 06:13 am Permalink
Awesome stuff as always Ken! The standout for me here is Bane of the Bullies! Love the cubistic feel!
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-04-09 2:00 pm Permalink
Another vote for "Bullies"
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TikiDaye
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2010
Posts: 124
From: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| Posted: 2012-04-09 11:25 pm Permalink
I'm with Zero & Mike ... The bullies rock!
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The Blue Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2011
Posts: 330
From: Points East & West
| Posted: 2012-04-10 05:05 am Permalink
. . . already worth somethin' and a whole lot more to me Ken!
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Clarita
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 26, 2006
Posts: 1234
From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2012-04-12 08:46 am Permalink
Oh no poor little shield!
great new ones
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