Brad Parker
Between Pop Surrealism and Modern Tiki Culture
A blast from the more recent past that I found going through my press clippings. A great article by Holden Westland, published in Tiki Magazine that puts words to my work. Enjoy!
Brad Parker
Embracing Tiki Culture with Lowbrow Art
Tiki Shark Art, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, has a following in more than 32 countries for its Hawaiian-themed art and products that range from apparel, beach towels, tiki mugs and key chains to $25,000 original paintings, all designed by Parker. The company plans to add to the product line with the addition of Tiki Shark Art sunglasses in the near future.
Parker and his business partner, Abbas Hassan, were featured as the No. 10 fastest growing small business in PBN’s annual Fastest 50 in 2014.
Brad Parker
The Man With Tiki Vision
Parker is one of the foremost artists of the so-called tiki revival, the resurgence of interest in the mid-twentieth-century pop cultural phenomenon that firmly planted umbrella drinks, Trader Vic’s restaurants and Martin Denny music into the mainstream. The phantasmagorical world he
creates in his paintings is filled with impossible creatures—tiki mugs come to life, a cat playing an ‘ukulele, a witch in a grass skirt with octopus tentacles for legs, a giant tiki with superhero abdominals battling Godzilla over Diamond Head. Pop culture references abound...
Brad Parker
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.
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