On the eastern tip of the island of Oahu is this amazing point looking out towards Makapu'u Beach. As we stood there admiring the view, a family walked out past the viewing area, past signs warning people not to walk past the viewing area, and placed their daughter basically on the edge of a cliff with loose rock to get a better photo. Hawaii is beautiful and dangerous, it has an ...
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I loved this parrot's expression, coy, intelligent, and just a bit vain. He (she?) was a joy to paint. I treated the image with a series of very loose washes, only adding the bits of detail in the feathers at the very end. This is a watercolor on 140# Canson paper, 9x12" SOLD
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I wanted this work to exhibit a certain nostalgia, a sense of any-afternoon any-era kind of light. This is from a photo, circa 1980 something-or-other, of pineapple fields near the North Shore of Oahu.
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“Four Sisters” new oil on canvas. I loved seeing all the volcanoes of the Big Island by air recently, Kilauea is the only one missing from this angle. Hualalai seems so small nestled between her big and little sister volcanoes. Oil on canvas, 18x29" SOLD
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It's true, palm trees are a godsend to painters. They move, they dance, they shimmer with light, a big quivering focal point ready to help define a summer sunset with tropical poetry. This piece is yet unnamed, it's 22x30", watercolor on pretty awesome paper, Fabriano to be exact. SOLD
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A somewhat blustery day in January yielded this sunset just before it turned in for the night. The motion of the Pacific never ceases to fascinate me, let alone the dramatic and sometimes technicolor interplays of light. Oil on canvas, 40"x60"
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One morning last December, my sister and I stood admiring a beautiful sunrise over Kailua-Kona, enjoying coffee and conversation and the pulse of the waves below. This piece was largely a joy to paint, though I had several challenges along the way, which is why I paint. What would the point be if there were no challenges along the way? Oil on canvas, 29"x18", this is another piece that utilizes ...
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One of the most beautiful and peaceful places I've ever been, the Byodo-In Temple sits right below the mysterious other-worldly Ko'olau mountains on the island of Oahu. Year-round residents include finches, doves, and other songbirds who will eat seed right out of your hand, and a herd of very fat & happy Koi. It was a beautiful place to spend a quiet afternoon with friends as the mist moved across ...
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One of those beautiful windswept days in Waimea, which I love as it reminds me of Colorado. Big sky on that part of the island! This road is part of the historic Parker Ranch. I've been using these canvases recently, made by Masterpiece Canvas, which follow the ratio for the Golden Rectangle, also known as the Fibonacci Sequence. It's amazing how easily composition flows with these canvases. “Without mathematics," after ...
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One of my favorite swimming spots near my home is at Kaloko Honokohau, a National Park here on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kaloko means pond, and the ancient Hawaiians built a seawall using just stone building an effective fish trap. I love to bob in the water there, it's sheltered and has such a sense of history and place. This day in particular also had a rare clear view ...
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