Some art scans out of my sketch pad

"Eyenapple" tombo brush pen


"Papua New Guinea Shield" tombo brush pen


"Timbuwara figure study" tombo brush pen


"Deep Sea Calling" Tombo brush pens over an ink wash.

So a few of these sketches are making their way to becoming paintings so keep an eye or two out. Also, I went and started an account on Etsy.com where I have a few of my paintings and t-shirts for sale. Etsy is like the ebay of the handmade crafters world and a great way to support artists. Please give my shop a peek if you are so inclined and add me as a favorite. Or if you are an artist and create an account tell them Chongolio sent you. Mahalo Nui Loa for all the support and comments

Tiki Crawl VII (South Bay)

The kick off of Tiki Crawl 7 was good fun! Although I missed the action live at Smoke Tiki I was able to watch some of the shenanigans via the live stream
that Hanford had hooked up through the dudes at Justin.tv. I had to remind myself that I was suppose to be enjoying it live so I packed up all my cameras and camcorders and headed toward San Jose to meet up with my ol buddy Bamzeno who runs Tikifreaks.com. We charged over to the San Jose Airport to visit the internationally known Martini Monkey. The bar was packed with friendly familiar faces who all looked to be havin' a good ol time. We were there for about the time it took me to finish my drink before we burned gears over to Trader Vic's Palo Alto. It was a bit more relaxed and quieter than over at the Martini Monkey, but it was much easier to talk with folks and move around. It seemed to me there was some drop off of people along the way but there was still a nice group of people hangin' about. I pulled out my camcorder and cameras while attempting to get some shots but I was plagued with tech gremlins the entire evening with all 3 cameras I had brought along. I am not sure what happened but very little of my video footage survived and what did was Crap! I did manage to get some pics taken by shuffling around batteries and memory cards between devices. So here is a slide show with what I did manage to not screw up.

Tiki Magazine release party and art show

The release of the latest Tiki Magazine at The Tonga Hut, November 11th, 2006 at 7:30 PM 12808 Victory Blvd. at Coldwater Canyon in North Hollywood.

Come Check out Tiki Magazine's issue six and meet Tiki Tony
the latest cover artist. Tiki Tony will also be releasing his latest tiki mug. There will also be some of the other awesome artists who will be there with art for show and sell including Squid, Ken Ruzic, Kirby, Suzanne Mosher, Johnny the Pinstriper, and others. As a drink special All drinks from the "Liquid Exotica" list will be discounted.

I wish I could make it down for this one but need to stay underground for a while. I will bet there in spirit my Tiki compadres. Have fun!

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Humu Kon Tiki