"Hau' Oli Makahiki Ho" ( Happy New Year, in Hawaiian )

 "HAU' OLI MAKAHIKI HO"  MEANS  "HAPPY NEW YEAR"  IN HAWAIIAN.
THE "MAKAHIKI"  IN HAWAIIAN HISTORY WAS A FOUR MONTH TIME OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY, WHEN WAR WAS 'KAPU' ( FORBIDDEN ) AND WORK WAS MEANT TO BE LIGHT.  IT WAS A TIME FOR CELEBRATING THE HARVEST AND "LONO" THE HAWAIIAN TIKI GOD OF FERTILITY AND RAIN.  TODAY THE MAKAHIKI IS STILL CELEBRATED WITH FESTIVALS APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY.

Tiki Calendars, Hula Girl Calendars, Maui Calendars...

IT"S CALENDAR TIME!

                                                            "HULA GIRLS CALENDAR"
   CHECK OUT THIS LINK AND SEE A PREVIEW OF 12 MONTHS OF MY HULA GIRL ART!
                                             http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff/10957298

TUCKER'S TIKI CALENDAR

THROUGH THIS LINK YOU CAN SEE 12 MONTHS OF TIKI ART!

http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff.734151574

"HULA GIRLS AND TIKI GODS"

AND THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, TIKI'S AND HULA DANCERS, 

CHECK THE LINK FOR A PREVIEW...

http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff.759615257

"MAUI PLACES"

MY ARTISTIC JOURNEY AROUND THE VALLEY ISLAND.

CHECK OUT THIS LINK AND SEE THE PREVIEW...

MAUI PLACES CALENDAR

http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff.220648620

HERE'S A VARIANT COVER OF THE SAME "MAUI PLACES" CALENDAR.

CHECK OUT THIS LINK FOR A PREVIEW...

http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff.407270176

I'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF MY ART IN THESE BABIES.  BUYING A CALENDAR IS A CHEAP WAY TO SUPPORT MY ABILITY TO BUY ART SUPPLIES, FOOD, A ROOF OVER MY FAMILY'S HEAD,   IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT KEEP ARTISTS GOING.

"Mele Kalikimaka-Hula Dancer"

MELE KALIKIMAKA IS THE HAWAIIAN WORD THAT MEANS MERRY CHRISTMAS.  SINCE THE MISSIONARIES THAT ARRIVED IN HAWAII IN 1820 WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE CHRISTMAS TO THE HAWAIIANS. MERRY CHRISTMAS WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE HAWAIIANS TO PRONOUNCE, MELE KALIKIMAKA  ROLLED MORE EASILY OFF THEIR TONGUES.
IN 1950, BING CROSBY & THE ANDREW SISTERS TURNED IT INTO A HIT SONG.
YOU CAN ORDER PRINTS OF MY LATEST
MELE KALIKIMAKA DESIGN AND OTHERS
AT MY BONANZA SHOP...
http://www.bonanza.com/listings/-Mele-Kalikimaka-Hula-Dancer-/137261631
AND CHECK OUT MY LATEST CALENDAR AT CAFE PRESS....

http://www.cafepress.com/whatnowstuff/10957298

New Weird Tiki Comics alert....

EVER SINCE THE NEW INCARNATION OF TIKI MAGAZINE, WEIRD TIKI COMICS HAS HAD AN INSTALLMENT!  CHECK OUT TIKI MAGAZINE AND FIND OUT, "WHAT IF ANCIENT POLYNESIA ACTUALLY WAS INVADED BY TIKI'S FROM OUTER SPACE!  SOME REAL RETRO COMICS FUN BY YOUR'S TRULY, KEITH TUCKER.

"Surf's Up Brain!"

Way back in the nineties I was a storyboard artist on "Pinky and The Brain".  One of my episodes was "Beach Blanket Brain".  These are the outfits they wore in that episode where brain takes up surfing.
                 You can order a print here...  http://www.bonanza.com/listings/-Surf-s-Up-/120127905

I JUST FINISHED MY LATEST TIKI PAINTING,
I CALL "TIKI TORCH MAN AND WAHINE!"
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS THE MOON SETS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND GENTLE TRADE WINDS BLOW, TIKI MAN AND HIS HULA GAL FRIEND LIGHT UP THE SHORE FOR WHERE THE CRABS AND CRUSTACEANS PLAY.

  YOU CAN ORDER PRINTS AT MY BONANZA PAGE;

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/-Tiki-Torch-Man-and-Wahine-/118697171

Tiki Torch Man & Wahine

HERE'S SOMETHING NEW I'M WORKING ON TO BRING TO THIS YEARS TIKI KON,  

http://www.tikikon.com/

 HOPE TO SEE YOU!
 JULY 13TH 10 AM TO 5 PM


IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS THE MOON SETS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND GENTLE TRADE WINDS BLOW, TIKI MAN AND HIS HULA GAL FRIEND LIGHT UP THE SHORE FOR WHERE THE CRABS AND CRUSTACEANS PLAY.

http://www.tikikon.com/marketplace/vendors/keith-tucker

"Eye on the Hawaiian Eye Tiki"

THIS TIKI MAY BE HIDING IN BEHIND THE TROPICAL HALEICONIA PLANTS, BUT LET IT BE KNOWN,  THIS TIKI'S GOT HIS EYE ON YOU.

Thirsty Hawaiian Gecko

TIS' ST. PATTY'S DAY AND ALL IS GREEN AND LUCK IS ABOUND.
 DID YOU KNOW THAT IN HAWAII IT'S CONSIDERED LUCKY TO HAVE A GECKO IN THE HOUSE?  WITH OVER 900 SPECIES OF GECKO'S ACROSS THE GLOBE, ONLY EIGHT LIVE IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.  THROUGHOUT THE  HAWAIIAN LEGENDS THERE IS THE "MO'O", A MYTHICAL DRAGON.  THE MO'O IS ONE OF THE OLDEST  GUARDIAN SPIRITS KNOWN AS "AUMAKUA".  LIKE THE SHARK, OWL, AND THE HAWK, THE MO'O WERE NOT EATEN OR HARMED.  THE GECKO WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A MANIFESTATION OF THE MO'O DRAGON, AND TO HAVE SUCH A GUARDIAN IN THE HOME WAS AND STILL IS CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD LUCK.

EMERALD CITY COMIC CON, IN SEATTLE MARCH 1-3

WIZARD WORLD'S PORTLAND COMIC CON WAS A BLAST!
THEN CAME  THE EMERALD CITY COMIC CON,
 IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON MARCH 1-3.
 I WAS THERE IN THE ARTISTS ALLEY. AND MANY OF YOU  DROPPED BY  AND SAID HI..
 I HAD A FEW NEW TROPICALLY TIKI PRINTS TO SHOW AND SELL.
HERE'S THE LINK TO THE SHOW...

http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

MAHALO

AND HERE'S A COUPLE PICTURES....

I'LL BE AT TWO COMIC BOOK CONVENTIONS IN THIS PRE-SPRING CONVENTION SEASON.  I HOPE YOU CAN COME BY AND CHECK OUT MY COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL ART, PRINTS AND SKETCHBOOKS FOR SALE.

(1 )   WIZARD WORLD PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22-23
           
                              http://www.wizardworld.com/


(2 )     EMERALD CITY COMIC CON , MARCH 1-3

                   http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/