Water Sporks C

Manufacturer: Taboo Island

SKU: THOR038

Price: $20.00

$50.00 11x14 Limited Edition Giclee - $50 5 in stock
$20.00 8x10 Image Matted to 11x14 - $20 5 in stock
$15.00 5x7 Image Matted to 8x10 - $15 5 in stock
$15.00 8x10 Image Only - $15 5 in stock

Water Sporks C

It’s mid morning on the warm tropical shore and the surf is breaking at six to eight inches!!! So, not wasting a moment, a group of sporty geckos grab their “boards” and head for the surf! What does a gecko surfboard look like? Well, what is sleek, shiny and available on top of the local beach park picnic tables? Sporks! That’s what they call a plastic eating utensil that is a spoon with fork teeth on it! Yep, and then there are the plastic knives... they make great “long boards” for a gecko. Spoons are a slick alternative for “sporks” for fast maneuvers on the lip of the tiny shore breakers too.

Imagine a day at the beach for a cute critter this size. Droplets of water, not foam are what cascade from the waves’ crest at this scale. The beach is shared with other creatures like sand crabs that may pop up to watch the spectacle. In this painting, we see the stern gaze of a lifeguard gecko perched in its lifeguard “tower” made of a discarded Chinese take out box. A drinking straw and a few chop-sticks serve as the “towers” support legs.

To the far right panel we can see a surf hungry gecko with “long board” overhead heading for the surf. His companion relaxes with a cool, pink “spork board” propped in the sand while they catch a few bone warming rays of tropical sun. A cocktail napkin provides the perfect gecko sized blanket. There is no better backrest, obviously, than a sleek little matchbook with a picture of one the most classic Hawaiian gecko legends to hit the pearly shelled shores of Waikiki. After you study this panorama, there is no way you will ever look at the little things you find at the beach the same way again. Think like a gecko for a moment. It’s really a lot of fun while you soak up the sun!

Print Formats:

Limited Edition Fine Art Print - This is a top quality giclee fine art print printed on thick watercolor paper. Each is signed and numbered by Thor and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Open Edition Mini Prints - These are smaller high quality prints archivally printed on thick Epson paper. They are available as the print only or double matted with our hand made canvas wrapped mats.

About Thor:

      Tom Thordarson, or "Thor" as he is best known by both collectors of his work and the growing awareness in the art community, can truly take your imagination on a journey unlike any other. His life as an artist began when he was just old enough to hold a pencil. With his mother being an artist as well, she would hand him paper and pencils to "keep him out of mischief," as she would say. The years spent drawing and painting would soon become a powerful tool to communicate his intense imagination and endless spirit of adventure in his career to be.
?      In his own words, Thor explains, "Creating my own entertainment and building my own toys was an activity I was highly encouraged to do as a kid. I learned to believe in the real magic and power of my imagination. I believed that if I could draw something with enough passion and thought, then what would stop it from becoming something I could touch or walk into one day?”?
      "My entire childhood was filled with endless curiosity, drawing and adventure. I loved building tree houses and forts from scrap wood and stuff I could find in my Grandfather's workshop. The experiences that would lead me to what I paint today were inspired by my family's incredibly fun vacations every summer to Hawaii beginning at age 6. I also have two sets of cousins on the Big Island who encouraged me to become a certified diver when I lived with them for many summers growing up as well. So, Hawaii is my second home. I love the sea. I spent endless hours on Maui and Hawaii combing the beaches and climbing trees in the nearby jungles pretending I was a pirate or some ingenious castaway living off the land in a high seas adventure."?
      An honors graduate in Illustration from the prestigious Pasadena Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Thor was immediately discovered by the entertainment/theme park industry which he remained in for 17 years. His imagination and talents have led him to conceive, illustrate and paint concepts for countless rides and attractions with many major entertainment companies. With strong skills in both team leadership and his art, he served as the Director of Attraction Development at MCA Universal Studios, Hollywood and then as a full fledged Disney Imagineer with his role as a Director/Senior Concept Designer.?
      Among his many assignments at Disney was the task of the concept design for one of the main "E-ticket" rides for the new Tokyo Disney Sea theme park in Japan called, "Journey to the Center of the Earth," a top rated thrill ride currently in operation.?
      Residing now in both California and Hawaii, Thor has put aside the entertainment design industry to focus on his art inspired by those early days of tropical adventures that shaped his art and imagination. "I am painting the fantasies and stories now that I imagined all those years sitting on the beaches, diving in the sea or building hideaways in the lush island jungles," Thor explains. "I am hoping that everyone finds these enchanted places, intriguing contraptions or playful characters I am painting now as much fun to look at, as they are for me to paint. Please feel free to step into them. Come by and share some Aloha spirit with me and I will tell you a few magical tales. The tiki torches are all lit and fluttering in the trade winds.... I will see you on the lanai!"

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