Tiki VIP #52 LeosLowbrow – Tropical Painter – Rev. Dr. Leo Hartshorn

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As I’m getting older, I’m realizing that my life has been a series of chapters like in a book and the same can be said for Rev. Dr. Leo Hartshorn.

Leo has gone from playing drums in a 60’s psychedelic band, to becoming a minister and more recently a painter. Leo had done many styles but the paintings that stood out to me where that of famous tiki people. Leo has done paintings of Donn Beach, Shag, Martin Denny, Bob and Leroy of Oceanic Arts and Sven Kirsten!

Here is Leo’s story so far…

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Tiki VIP #42 Kat Reeder – Tiki Artist from Honolulu

Kat Reeder is an artist that lives in Honolulu and her artwork makes me want to get on a plane right now and head to Hawaii! Kat is a digital artist, but her work looks like it’s from the 60’s and 70’s. I could totally see Kat’s “vintage-inspired tropical glamour girls” hanging on the walls of a travel agency or in the pages of a magazine. Tiki is escapism, but it can also be a time machine. Kat’s work will take you back to a simpler time. Here is her story …

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