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This series features my 'Tiki Man' statue that first showed up in an early oil painting titled 'If Only' in 2006. In this painting, I felt it was missing something very significant in the corner, so I decided to follow my instincts, and just painting away; this horned, foreboding statue is what came to be. I didn't put much thought into creating him, so was surprised at the details, such as the face, staff and smallish feet. In many of my paintings, since creating 'If Only' I have placed the 'Tiki Man' inconspicuously in the corners of pieces, in the same manner as 'If Only'. It's something that ties my work together; now what does the 'Tiki Man' mean? That's not clear to me. I feel it's something ancient and ever present. It spans many many life times and is eternal. Some people have said that it means 'death'. I really don't know but I love to hear what others think this statue means. After placing him inconspicuously in many of my pieces, I finally decided to create this se...

Heather Calder�n is a self taught artist, wife and mother of two, currently working and running her own art business celebrating skeletons as her main subject. Born in 1977 in Milford, DE, with parents Victor and Pamela Padilla and two older sisters, the family relocated to Longmont CO, where she spent a beautiful childhood. Heather was exposed to the arts at a very young age. She began playing the piano by ear at age 2 on an old upright player piano that was a gift from grandparents from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She began studying classical piano...