Questions from young artists, Part 5 of 10
Question 13: What inspires you? I would say in this order: Nature as a book of revelation, moʻolelo or story, and finally: color and texture. This photo is deeply inspirational […]
Artistic practice
Questions from young artists, Part 4 of 10
Question 10: How did you get into watercolor? I answered some of this question earlier, but I would say I got into watercolor after I finished college and had my […]
Questions from young artists, part 2 of 10
Question 4: Did (sic) you watercolor everyday? I donʻt paint watercolor everyday. I draw and make stuff with other materials. I read and do research on ideas I have. I […]
Questions from young artists, part 1 of 10
Iʻm kind of at a loss for 2021 about what to write about. I started off the year with Kānehunamoku, an exhibit at the Hawaii State legislation entryway with photographer […]
Hauʻoli makahiki hou
A new year and trying to make sense of the past year while remaining hopeful for the new. I made a promise to myself early on last year NOT to […]
How does inspiration come to artists?
I wanted to write a post reflecting upon conversations in the past year or so with other artists. Many assume that artists are all visually stimulated but I’ve found that […]
Straddling Worlds
Many of you know I work in a variety of media, but watercolor is my passion. There is nothing else like it that responds so eloquently and honestly and lets […]
Palama Settlement goes online
COVD19 has been increasing across the world and country and now here in Hawai’i. Palama Settlement closed all its programming and we decided to pilot two classes online for Total […]
Kupuna Watercolor
Teaching besides making art myself and with others is my newfound passion. I was reluctant for many years to teach because I didn’t want to be ‘that’ teacher who crushed […]
Color Bridges
I got some positive feedback when I got to present my Color Bridges at the Community Main Stage at last year’s Honolulu Biennial and it gave me encouragement to continue […]