I love love love Plumeria! The first scent of plumeria starting to bloom makes me absolutely giddy. I actually purchased a selfie stick so that I could take photos of my neighbors' plumeria trees, luckily they know the crazy lady on the sidewalk trying to get up and above the blossoms on their trees. It's a deceptive flower to paint, only 5 petals in a pinwheel pattern, ...
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Driving back towards the ocean after a trek to see a waterfall, I was blown away by the sky, a dynamic sea of movement horizon to horizon. There was a big storm system some bit to the north of us and clearly there was a lot going on up there in the stratosphere. And then there was this very solid old tree, it's weathered a lot of weather ...
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My family & I had the chance to get out on the water last winter on a boat offering snorkel tours and a bit of whale watching. I learned so much about local marine life and the challenges facing these very fragile ecosystems. This is Kealakekua Bay, one of the places spinner dolphins sleep in the afternoon, leaping in and out of the water while first one side ...
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A few years ago I had the opportunity to watch a young Hawaiian Monk seal, Manu I'wa, with her mother. This is an endangered species, we were watching at quite a distance behind rope lines to keep people away, yet we were able to witness these two interacting in fascinating ways. " Llio-holo-i-ka-uaua" in Hawaiian, which translates into English as "dog who runs in rough water," it was ...
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One of my favorite places to visit is the Fishpond at Kaloko Honokōhau, a place steeped in history and tradition. The magic of a full moon evening is imagined here on the leeward side of Hualalai. This painting was composed using the Golden Rectangle. Oil on canvas, 21x34" $995.
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SOLD Living on the side of an active volcano has given me a whole new perspective on mountains. I'm very attached to Hualalai, it's a beautiful little mountain, the smallest one on this island. I get to see it daily, and am enamored with the shifts of light, the clouds that come and go sometimes obscuring the mountain altogether. This was painted on a rather damp morning ...
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