 |
THOR's Experiments in black velvet.. "Molten Moai" FINISHED! page 4 |
teaKEY
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3663
From: The thumb !
|  Posted: 2008-10-29 6:59 pm Permalink
master work!
|
LOL Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 06, 2007
Posts: 932
From: San Diegoish
| Posted: 2008-10-29 8:42 pm Permalink
Beautiful work!
|
Lake Surfer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3322
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2008-10-29 11:59 pm Permalink
Boy Tom, is there anything you can't do? 
These are great! It doesn't even look like a new medium for you... looks like you've been doing them all along.
Keep up the good work! Look forward to seeing the new pieces!
I wish I could paint... I have to settle for carving wood.
|
RevBambooBen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7217
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2008-10-30 04:23 am Permalink
Yea!!!
Can't wait to see the shrunken head!!!
|
TikiG
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2008-10-30 07:12 am Permalink
Hi Tom -
Looks wicked cool man, can't wait to see Thor shrunken head velvets too!
In my minds eye I can picture a Thor style jungle scene; huge boiling kettle over a log fire, thatched huts, prisoners hanging upside down suspended from vine traps, savage natives dancing under moonlight etc...I know you already have thought of this before I have 
|
THOR's
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 30, 2004
Posts: 481 | Posted: 2008-10-30 08:02 am Permalink
HAaaaa Tiki G!
You just described my studio!! I gotta push the envelope a wee more man..otherwise it would just feel like home!
Oh, Ya forgot the scantily clad Tahitian virgins that have bartender licenses and keep my brushes clean.
[ This Message was edited by: THOR's 2008-10-31 18:33 ]
|
little lost tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7463
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-10-30 08:09 am Permalink
Quote:
| Oh, Ya forgot the scantily clad tahitian virgins that have bartender licensees and keep my brushes clean.
|
|
What Art Supply Store stocks those?
You're totally in the groove!
The candle/Skull study is a piece of art in itself!
It's gonna be mind-blowing once you throw
ALL of your technical finesse and knowledge!
Can't Wait!
_________________
WWW.KENRUZIC.COM is Open to the Public!
(an ever evolving site-so visit often!)
I'm on FaceBook Too!Look me UP,folks!
|
OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2008-10-30 08:37 am Permalink
that skull and candle are a beauty. reminds me a lot of old aurora model kit model cover art.
|
THOR's
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 30, 2004
Posts: 481 | Posted: 2008-10-30 12:48 pm Permalink
Thanks Lil' Lost!! OceaOtica..That's one of the best complements I could have! I had a painting instructor at Art Center named Jack Lynwood. He was one of the main illustrators for the boxes of the Aurora models and he was incredible. He used to teach about knowing light and color and perspective out of the head..with nothing to look at at times. He would get a platic model and have to make it look like it was a real thing in a real setting...with all the drama and lighting invented. He also had a saying that relates to velvet in this case more than ever. He used to say...The sign of a great painter is that they can look at something or imagine something and understand that what seperates an amature from a pro is not WHAT to paint...but what NOT to paint in a subject. The viewers eye fills in things more than we realize if you hit the right notes and punches...even if loose. Velvet cries for this..the more black, raw velvet exposed in the shadows and negative areas..the fresher and more impacting the image becomes I am discovering.
Happy Halloween!
|
OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2008-10-30 2:58 pm Permalink
Thor, frickin cool painting teacher to have! ya, if you look at that box art, specially the kits they had that were like extra parts kits, you know the old tree with the skull and the vulture and such, those covers looked like velvets. really works of art, really great stuff. i think you really tapped into something here. gives me new thoughts on my experiments with velvet painting. right on, look forward to seeing more of your work.
|
hewey
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2008-10-31 02:49 am Permalink
Wow man, thats just awesome work!  Love reading your thoughts and insights into your art, as well as your art itself too mate! 
_________________
www.kustomkultureaustralia.com
|
sirginn
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Oct 20, 2003
Posts: 271
From: Sunset Cliffs , CA
| Posted: 2008-10-31 08:19 am Permalink
Amazing, you just keep getting better and better
|
THOR's
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 30, 2004
Posts: 481 | Posted: 2008-10-31 5:58 pm Permalink
Well.. I did this fella into the wee hours last night .... I have learned a LOT and will improve the next shrunken head.... Happy Halloween!
These are not the best photos...the background is much more subtle...
The feeling here is a head on a stake...lit from a nearby fire and the moonlight at it's back....sort of a magik night....
~~T
|
Tiki Shark Art
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
Posts: 2824
From: The volcanic Big Island of Hawaii
| Posted: 2008-11-01 04:18 am Permalink
Amazing work!
"Show us what you got at the THOR STOR, sweetie."
|
THOR's
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 30, 2004
Posts: 481 | Posted: 2008-11-01 8:53 pm Permalink
Brad!! You are a hoot!! lol Thanks! I will be in Maui from the 9th of Dec. till the 12th..then in Waikiki from then till the 21st I think..doing signings at teh various galleries including the Thor Gallery. If you are over at that time..lemme know! Your newest piece is looking awesome by the way!!!
Warm Aloha's!!
|
