From Kii Arens: "I love owls like many people do... obsessed is a better word. I was given the opportunity to make a set of keychains and damn if I didn't choose the almighty owl as my main design. I was surprised to find out that the owl shape can be used in many ways.  One of my Hoots became a fish eating a penguin... nutty huh? I'm working on a set of prints that will feature some of my unseen owl designs." 

About the Artist: Kii Arens is a Pop-Art Designer with a bent towards Rock-N-Roll. Never formally trained, this St. Paul, Minnesota native grew up with a fascination for album covers, band logos, and font styles. He credits Saturday mornings in the '70's spent watching Sid and Marty Krofft as his main inspirations for color. As a graphic designer/photographer, Kii has designed CD packages for various local and national artists.

His design career really started as the designer for Woodstock 94 and it took off from there. Kii's fine art career began at the Minnesota State Fair just a few years ago. His search for a corn dog turned into one of life's happy accidents as it led him to discover the Spin-O-Paint booth. He was inspired to create an oil painting of a SPIN-ART painting in a paint by numbers fashion. His first SPIN-ART piece entitled 'La-La Land' became the album cover for Cheap Tricks' release entitled 'Special One'.

At the time of his 2002 debut show at the Flatland Gallery in Minneapolis, The StarTribune published an article in which "La-La Land" was inadvertently printed sideways. This accident led to the creation of the character, "La-La" which has since been recreated in many forms including a limited edition vinyl toy. In 2004 Arens moved to Los Angeles to open a gallery appropriately called La-La Land.

View more of Kii's keychains on his site.