View of Kawainui at Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, 2020
2020
Ocean Water (Equator, Keauhou), acrylic pigment, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
In the shelter of Mauna Loa and Hualālai, the calm waters along the Kona coast of Hawaiʻi Island have long provided safe harbors for voyaging canoes. The diverse landscapes, from rugged lava fields to rich forests and farmlands, continue to serve as resources for the canoe voyaging community, providing a variety of trees such as hau and koa for canoe building, and agricultural provisions to nourish crews and connect them to this ʻāina. Kona generously contributes to the holistic, community wide support system that makes voyaging possible. In an effort to reciprocate this generosity and provide for future generations, the canoe voyaging community planted a koa grove in Keauhou mauka during the early 1990s with the hope that someday these trees will grow large enough to be carved into voyaging canoe hulls for generations to come. This painting, poured with coastal sea water gathered in Keauhou Bay and deep sea water from the equator, honors all that Kona has given and the future canoes we hope these forests will birth.
2019
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2019
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2019
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2019
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2018
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2018
Ocean Water, acrylic pigments, gouache, sumi ink, pastel
2015, approximately 42" x 42" - water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for one of four "star lines" used in Hawaiian celestial navigation
2015, approximately 7" x 7.5" - water, acrylic paint, gaouche, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for one of four "star lines" used in Hawaiian celestial navigation
2015, approximately 42" x 42" - water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for one of four "star lines" used in Hawaiian celestial navigation
2015, approximately 42" x 42" - water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for one of four "star lines" used in Hawaiian celestial navigation
2017, approximately 9" x 33" - ocean water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for the Hawaiian constellation Ka Makau Nui o Māui (Scorpius).
2017, approximately 9" x 33" - ocean water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for one of the most important stars in navigation both in Hawaii and across the globe, Hōkūpaʻa honors Polaris, the North Star.
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2017, approximately 9" x 33" - ocean water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for the Hawaiian constellation Hānaiakamalama (Southern Cross).
2017, approximately 9" x 33" - ocean water, acrylic paint, gouache, sumi ink, charcoal, pastel
Named for the Hawaiian constellation Ka Heihei o Nā Keiki (Orion).
Named for and poured with ocean water from the sacred space of Ka Piko o Wākea (the equator).
Named for and poured with ocean water from the sacred space of Ka Piko o Wākea (the equator).
Named for and poured with ocean water from the sacred space of Ka Piko o Wākea (the equator).