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Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker
Aloha Tiki Tribe! Welcome to my new website showcasing all my art over the years.
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"The Sunken Tiki was the first painting I did after I permanently moved to the Island of Hawaii. Only the ninth gallery piece I ever painted. The idea came to me while I was snorkeling along the Kona-Kohala coast. I was appreciating the bright yellow tangs - the most common local reef fish in Hawaii schooling around the reef. They moved and took shapes as a group. They're so bright you can see them clearly from the shore as they swim beneath the waves, glimmering as lovely as tropical flowers. My imagination saw them as a Hawaiian Lei draped around the neck of a sunken tiki, hugging an object to avoid the cartoon eel/snake; my own made up undersea menace. The eel-snake protects a lost chest of pirate treasure. My first Hawaii born painting was born, all I had to do was swim to shore, get to my studio, and put brush to canvas." - Brad Parker
The original painting is acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20".
The Giclee on Canvas is a Limited Edition item. Please contact info@tikishark for pricing.
Visit product page →Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker is a "Tiki-Artist" working in the pop-surrealistic style of the "Low-Brow" Art movement. Learn more about Brad Parker.
Tiki Shark giclee's are created with archival, fade resistant inks on museum quality paper. Printed in Kamuela, on the Island of Hawaii. All prints are certified as authentic, signed by the artist, and guaranteed as represented.
For more information, please contact info@tikishark.
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This piece is about environment, sunsets, and stargazer flowers I bought at a local Farmer's Market in Kona.
The man who grew them hand-picked his very best for me after I told him I was going to use them as a reference in a painting.
The waterfall was what I remembered from a trip to the other side of the island to see Akaka Falls.
The wave I witnessed over and over as I contemplated the perfect rush and sweep of water at my local surf spot.
Other SizesVisit product page →Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker is a "Tiki-Artist" working in the pop-surrealistic style of the "Low-Brow" Art movement. Learn more about Brad Parker.
Tiki Shark giclee's are created with archival, fade resistant inks on museum quality paper. Printed in Kamuela, on the Island of Hawaii. All prints are certified as authentic, signed by the artist, and guaranteed as represented.
For more information, please contact info@tikishark.
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This painting the 16th "Mystic Tiki Painting" I created. It is my "Hawaiianna" take on a classical painting. "Der Wanderer uber den Nedlmeer" or "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" was painted in 1818 by German romantic artist Casper David Fridrich. The meaning conveyed in that famous painting is self-reflection as the man stands atop a mountain and looks down into an ocean of clouds.
I changed the hiker into a surfer watching the ocean waves. Reflection on his inner self, or his urging his mastery over the powerful sea? I placed a Tiki image in the sky and many ancient idols beneath the traveler's feet. This could mean there is a supernatural element to his journey, inward, and outward.
Most surfers I know have a keen, almost spiritual attachment to the sea. However, I try to leave conception of the art to the individual viewer as each person should give the art their own personal meaning.
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The Wanderer - Canvas Giclee
12" x 24" - $1195
The Wanderer - Mini Canvas Giclee
8" x 12" - $395Visit product page →Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker is a "Tiki-Artist" working in the pop-surrealistic style of the "Low-Brow" Art movement. Learn more about Brad Parker.
Tiki Shark giclee's are created with archival, fade resistant inks on museum quality paper. Printed in Kamuela, on the Island of Hawaii. All prints are certified as authentic, signed by the artist, and guaranteed as represented.
For more information, please contact info@tikishark.
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The Exotic Traveler was painted for a specific reason, I was asked to paint something for the cover of "Tiki Magazine". This was a very big deal for me! I wanted to show a classic looking Tiki. I wanted it to vein a very classic "Hawaiianna" setting a beautiful night scene of a secluded beach, a perfect wave, with a small enchanted tiki hut on a beach in the background. I carefully placed in exotic orchids to frame the foreground.
Then, I wanted a touch of the fantastic; I wanted to show something about local superstitions we have on the big Island of Hawaii about spirit-balls glowing in the jungle. A few dance around the hut, then one rises up out of the sand right in front of the TIKI. What is it? Good question! As the title suggests maybe it's a visitor from far away enjoying the beauty of Hawaii, an inter-dimensional tourist? Maybe a dear departed loved on watching over family? Or maybe just a trick of the light and the glowing lights you sometimes see in the jungle at night are nothing at all. These questions are best answered by the viewer.
Visit product page →Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker is a "Tiki-Artist" working in the pop-surrealistic style of the "Low-Brow" Art movement. Learn more about Brad Parker.
Tiki Shark giclee's are created with archival, fade resistant inks on museum quality paper. Printed in Kamuela, on the Island of Hawaii. All prints are certified as authentic, signed by the artist, and guaranteed as represented.
For more information, please contact info@tikishark.
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November 16, 2018
2nd Annual Tiki Festival to Showcase Legendary Artists
Mark your calendars for the second annual Tiki Festival to be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Don’s Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Kona Resort beginning at 3 p.m.
Big Island’s own celebrity artist Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker with entertainer Paul “Kozy The Magician” Kozak, will be the hosts for the event. Legendary local Tiki Artists Dennis Mathewson, Rockwood, Jacob Medina, Kevin Murray and more will show and sell their latest work.
“Some pieces created are limited editions especially for the Tiki Festival by our featured artists,” commented Mark Hanna, owner of Kona Oceanfront Gallery—one of the main vendors at the event.
Grammy nominated Henry Kapono and local favorite Johnny Valentine will be jamming their tunes while Don’s Mai Tai Bar will be serving its world famous Mai Tai’s and Tiki Drinks in the new limited edition, custom designed Don’s Mai Tai Mugs. These mugs were specially designed for this event.
“Based on the success of last year’s Tiki Festival, Royal Kona Resort is honored to continue hosting,” commented Jeff Isbister, director of food and beverage at the Royal Kona Resort. “Don’s Mai Tai Bar was constructed with the Tiki Culture in mind, and our resort is the ultimate fit for this event.”
This is a free event where folks will have a chance to meet and talk story with world class artists and entertainers. Everyone is encouraged to participate, have fun and support local artists by collecting their art at special event prices.
For more information on the event contact: jill@tikishark.com, kozakthemagician@mac.com, jeff.isbister@hawaiianhotels.com, or karen.wakata@hawaiianhotels.com.
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November 16, 2018
Tiki, Big Island-style: 2nd Annual Tiki Festival
West Hawaii Today 11/16/18
KAILUA-KONA — To put on a great Tiki Festival, a few things are required. The right attire, music, drinks and art are all crucial, but there also needs to be the right setting.
Artist Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker and his business partner, Abbas Hassan, think they have found the perfect spot with Don’s Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Kona Resort. From 3-9 p.m. Saturday, the bar will host the second annual Tiki Festival, featuring local tiki artists and Hawaii-based musicians. The free event is a celebration of tiki art and tiki culture in its place of origin.
“We’re doing it for the community and we’re doing it for the artists,” Hassan said. “And what better place than Kona, with its history of tiki?”
The festival will feature performances by Hawaii music legends Henry Kapono and Johnny Valentine, as well as entertainment provided by magician Paul Kozak. Some of the artists to be featured are Hawaii-based tiki artists Parker, Rockwood and Dennis Mathewson.
This year, Parker has designed an exclusive glass tiki mug for the festival, which can be bought for $45 along with the special drink, Tiki-Shark’s Ginger Diversion. As the festival continues, Parker said he hopes to create a new one every year as part of a collector’s series.
“Last year, we tried to go national and bring in guys from the mainland,” said Jeff Isbister, food and beverage manager at the Royal Kona Resort. “Now, we’re focusing on the locals.”
On the mainland, there are tiki festivals that have been running for decades, but the one in Kona is the first in Hawaii. Hassan said the inaugural festival last year was well received, and the organizers are striving to double the attendance this year.
With its tiki architecture and views of Kailua Bay, the Royal Kona Resort makes the Big Island’s festival standout from its mainland counterparts.
“This is the quintessential tiki-style palace,” Parker said. “Even the way the lobby is laid out. You have to walk over a bridge that has water underneath it. That was symbolic in the old days, of you having to go from the outside world, walk over this magical bridge where you could go to this magical world where you could unwind and relax.”
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January 26, 2017
Chef Sam Choy Tiki Shark Commercial
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February 17, 2016
Kona Oceanfront Gallery
In the heart of Kailua-Kona is the Kona Oceanfront Gallery, the premiere gallery to show the award-winning work of renowned artist Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker. Combining pop surrealism with Hawaiiana, Brad's art is simultaneously vintage tiki culture and contemporary cartoon realism. Visit the Kona Oceanfront Gallery and explore the avant-garde tiki art world of Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker.
