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I just completed the frame for a painting that I have been working on and posted some pictures online. Please check them out!

http://hometown.aol.com/maerj2000/myhomepage/index.html

Nice work, Terry!

Verrrry nice work, Maerj

Maybe your next subject should be...ohhhh...I dunno...a Husky

Thanks guys! I've been working on that one for some time now and since its finally finished, I thought that I would share it with all of you.

Huskies for a project, eh? Maybe at some point. My girlfriend said something about wanting a wind chime for Valentine's Day so I am trying to make one of those now.

You ARE into tikis, aren't you? It goes far beyond the avatars, I see.

Hehe... just kiddin'! That's some nice work though, Ter - for acrylics!! The damn stuff dries so fast, it's hard to blend - in my experience, at least.

So did you do that freehand, or did ya take it from a picture? It's quite good, either way. ^_^ And where did your interest in tikis come from? Do you have a collection hangin' around the house? O_O

Ack!! Sorry about the 10,000 questions - I just find your interest... uh... interesting! O_o

D'oh! Perspicacity... decreasing... >_< *piff*

I researched Tikis online, then did some thumbnail sketches based off of that. Then I did a rough sketch and painted it.

The tiki obsession is something recent and I really am not sure where it came from. Sometimes I just get something in my mind and I usually tend to try to pursue whatever that is. Maybe it has something to do with the Tiki Room at Disney World?

Another thing was that I saw a restaurant on Food TV called Trader Vic's, which is a Polynesian themed restaurant and I finally got to eat there back in September. I loved it!

So, my conclusion to all of this is pretty much that it seems fun and very exotic, and I think that is what is attracting me to the whole Polynesian thing. I think that my interest in it may have been a combination of things such as Lilo & Stitch, especially the series, Trader Vic, Disney World(Tiki Room and Polynesian Resort, plus there are palm trees everywhere down there!!), and several Hawaiian/Polynesian restaurants and shows on Food TV and Travel Channel. I painted the picture because I needed some tikis to look at. I would like to get a real one at some point to display and I did a rough sketch of an indoor pool I would like to build one day with a Polynesian theme.