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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
|  Posted: 2013-10-07 4:42 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe...
We were talking about the father of "Low-Brow Art": Robert Williams a while back, and his painting "Appetite for Destruction" as the cover art on the GNR album of the same name - watch this trailer for this great new film about Robert Williams and they talk about exactly that... http://documentarychannel.com/docs-on-dvd-robert-williams-mr-bitchin/
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Badd Tiki
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Joined: Aug 28, 2008
Posts: 344 | Posted: 2013-10-07 10:46 pm Permalink
Yeah that's the docu I linked to back there. It's on Hulu for free right now.
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Tiki Shark Art
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Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-10 11:45 pm Permalink
AWESOME! THANKS!
If there was never a Robert Williams, there would never be a Brad Tiki-Shark Parker, I know that!
Hey, I found this old pic from a while ago. But it shows the SEASON in my work room.... although much cleaned up for this sunday supplement this appeared in!
Yep HAWAII-WEEN is just around the corner....that dark shadowy corner....
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
http://youtu.be/7HTCkZXaA
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-11 01:06 am Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
OKAY...back to "Robert William Mr. Bitchin". Here's the link to it on Hulu... http://www.hulu.com/watch/516532
HAte the commercials , but this is really worth seeing if you wonder where tiki art came from ....
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-11 4:20 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Here's the sketch for da' day...
"skater Dream 01"
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
http://youtu.be/7HTCkZXaA
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-11 5:29 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Oh my Gosh!
The Body Glove Sea Creature Limited Edition 60th Anniversary Tiki-Mug sets have arrived on da' Big Island! Wow! I'm reeeally excited about this finally all coming together. Tiki-Farm , and Holden Westland did an amazing job on getting every single detail on this mugs just right. I wanted to create something special for this very special event. BIG Mahalo to Tiki Farm for helping make it happen!
Course, there are Art Prints of the Body Glove Sea Creature , and Beach Towels, and more...but, wow, the mugs are sweeeeeet!
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
http://youtu.be/7HTCkZXaA
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Kai Koa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 57
From: Seattle
| Posted: 2013-10-11 6:40 pm Permalink
Skater Dream 01 looks cool! Makes me think of another artist who's work I like:
Robert Crumb.
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-11 6:42 pm Permalink
Wow. THAT is a awfully big complement! Thank you!
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-11 6:45 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
So The Tiki Mobile .... "GO TIKI" went to Hollywood. Traveled away.... (sniff)... but guess what?
The rumor is..... "Tiki mobile will be in episode 18 of the Television show "Major Crimes". Shooting next week."
GASP! My baby has gone off an become a movie star!
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
http://youtu.be/7HTCkZXaA
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3172
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-10-11 7:59 pm Permalink
Sweet art
Sweet mugs
Sweet ride
Jon
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Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-12 01:32 am Permalink
Oh, shucks!
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-12 01:35 am Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
OKAY!
I gotta do it!
I'm working on a super-mega-secret "TIKI ART" project for the "BIG HAWAII-WEEN BODY GLOVE 60th ANNIVERSARY & SEA CREATURE TIKI-MUG Release PARTY"! (whew!)
ALOHA!
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Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock."
- Honolulu Magazine "The Best Of" 2012 Issue
http://youtu.be/7HTCkZXaA
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-13 1:43 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Ever dream of going 160 MPH in "GO-TIKI"?
Weeelll.... now you can!
As you may have known... GO-TIKI went to the mainland... is gonna appear in the TV show "Major Crimes"
...and now I hear it's gonna be up for sale!
If you are interested in this blazing fast "Tiki-Mobile" please go to https://www.facebook.com/jackson.young.5686322?fref=ts
and message Mr.Young with an offer.
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Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-13 1:58 pm Permalink
aloha tiki tribe!
....what I'm working on today....
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Tiki Shark Art
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 3339
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-10-13 9:17 pm Permalink
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
The secret Tiki-Surf Art Project....
I'm looking to make something special to commemorate the Body Glove 60th Anniversary party/event here in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. A piece of surf/Tiki Art that will be signed by the family members /owners of Body Glove, the President of Body Glove, the Hawaiian Pro-Surf Team Riders of Body Glove, me, and maybe even the Mayor of the Big Island of Hawaii. ...AND, I want this to be priced to not only end up sitting in a gallery, or a museum, or like that, but I want it to be in someones home Tiki Bar! ...so when friends come over, they sit down, have a Mai Tai, look up and say "What the....?!! Where the Heck did you get THAT?!"
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