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Portland Museum Of Velvet Paintings? |
Tiki Kupcake
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Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
|  Posted: 2008-05-28 3:54 pm Permalink
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On 2008-05-27 16:11, Robb Hamel wrote:
Thanks Tiki Kupcake for the pics, they don't have much at all on their site. I can't wait to see their book.
This is a small (16x20) velvet of mine they have on their Polynesian wall:
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LOVE IT! Maybe you're the person I have been looking for to get a tiki velvet painting from! I look forward to seeing it and will post pictures when I do.
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tikirina
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Joined: Dec 31, 2006
Posts: 4 | Posted: 2008-05-28 10:24 pm Permalink
We have the beautiful painting by Robb Hamel, it is not in the museum yet but we are redoing one whole area to bring out all the tikis, wahines South Sea landscapes slated for June 12th, we put out our carvings and a 50's tiki bar, when we get it together we will post a pic. Thanks for sharing the Tyree oil painting he is one of the great velvet masters.Some of his work is at Minnie's in Modesto I was coveting all the paintings there.
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2008-05-29 07:16 am Permalink
Hey tikirina, next time you're down Modesto way let us know. Love to meet you there.
Many of the velvets from Minnie's have been sold to private collectors. With some recent break-ins and PD lag time the owners feared they would be stolen so they sold most of them. There might be a few remaining. I need to make a 20 minute drive and revisit, it's been a while.
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tikirina
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Joined: Dec 31, 2006
Posts: 4 | Posted: 2008-05-29 6:58 pm Permalink
Wow we drove all the way from Portland to see the paintings at Minnies in Modesto, kind of out of the way. We were there last Oct. I sure wish we could have gotten one of them. Oh well
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Tiki Kupcake
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Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2008-06-06 09:37 am Permalink
Their next exhibit will be Tiki Wonderland! It will feature the art of Edgar Leeteg, Burke Tyree, Charles McPhee, Bill Erwin, And Cecelia Rodriguez. It opens on June 12th and I plan on being there!
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virani
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Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1434
From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2008-06-06 1:32 pm Permalink
I got the book you did. Really nice.
I was happy to found it here in Paris.
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Robb Hamel
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Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-06-06 7:11 pm Permalink
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On 2008-05-28 22:24, tikirina wrote:
We have the beautiful painting by Robb Hamel, it is not in the museum yet but we are redoing one whole area to bring out all the tikis, wahines South Sea landscapes slated for June 12th, we put out our carvings and a 50's tiki bar, when we get it together we will post a pic. Thanks for sharing the Tyree oil painting he is one of the great velvet masters.Some of his work is at Minnie's in Modesto I was coveting all the paintings there.
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Thanks very much for the info. I hope the book is doing well, I'll have mine soon. I MUST see your place somehow, 1,800 miles away or not.
Do you guys have the only velvet museum????
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Travellin' Tiki
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Joined: Apr 05, 2004
Posts: 227
From: Vancouver, Canada
| Posted: 2008-06-15 2:45 pm Permalink
I can't wait to get my hands on that book.... They just got my painting this week. Here's the pic! It was inspired by my earlier piece "Up Lava River." This one is called "The Drummer":
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Toshi
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 01, 2008
Posts: 17 | Posted: 2008-06-15 9:01 pm Permalink
Didn't Anthony Bourdain go to this place on No Reservations?
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Robb Hamel
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Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-07-08 4:21 pm Permalink
The Velveteria was on CBS Sunday Morning. I thought Caren and Carl would have a lot of velvets, but they are CRAZY with them: mounds and stacks and piles! They really seemed awesome, too.
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Tiki Kupcake
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Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2008-08-26 12:26 pm Permalink
Drew and I went there this past weekend. Got to see Robb's painting in person. Now I want one even more!
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Tiki Kupcake
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Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2008-08-28 2:30 pm Permalink
Oh, and Heather. We saw her painting, as well. They were almost right next to each other.
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crushenstein
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Joined: Sep 25, 2008
Posts: 48
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2008-09-25 1:03 pm Permalink
Here's a piece CBS Sunday Morning did on the Velveteria. I'm in it at about the 4:19-4:23 mark, lurking behind the counter at SMUT in a red gingham shirt. Carl and Caren are really nice people and their museum should be supported.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qrHcUdgjclo
Noland
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