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Repaint, Repurpose, Reconstruct

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Dawn

REPAINT, REPURPOSE, RECONSTRUCT exhibit opened at Art at Marks Garage last week on the First Friday of January and is on view through the end of February. It was a […]

 Artistic practice, Exhibits, New Work, whattodoinoahu  #artinhawaii, #artistsofhawaii, #associationofhawaiiartists, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #enpleinair, #hawaiiwatercolorsociety, #watercolor

“Susurrus” on view through October at Honolulu Country Club

Curator husband and wife team Dexter Doi and  Carol DʻAngelo have mounted the last exhibit for the Honolulu Country Club entrance. The title, Susurrus is an onamatopoetic work that refers […]

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Artist Talk on Zoom Wed May 25 9-10am HST

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Dawn

Jan Becket and I, together with Kumu Glen Kila of Koa ʻIke Foundation will be on zoom for a one-hour video call to present our collaboration in the exhibit Kānehūnāmoku: […]

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Hawaii Watercolor Society Juried Members Show 2022

April 16, 2022May 18, 2022 Dawn

Me with my mask lowered for identification purposes in front of Charlie Higa’s work The annual juried Hawaii Watercolor Society Member’s show opened March 29th and is open through April […]

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39th Annual Hawaii Watercolor Society Juried Members Show

  The 39th Annual Hawaii Watercolor Society‘s Juried Member Show is up and on view until April 30th everyday except Mondays from 11am-6pm. There is parking in the city municipal […]

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Questions from young artists, Part 4 of 10

May 6, 2021February 6, 2022 Dawn

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 […]

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Questions from young artists, part 2 of 10

March 6, 2021February 6, 2022 Dawn

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 […]

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Hauʻoli makahiki hou

January 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Dawn

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 […]

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KĀNEHŪNĀMOKU

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KĀNEHŪNĀMOKU

January 20, 2020August 24, 2020 Dawn

This statement was written by Dr. Jan Beckett, whose photography and my paintings were hung in collaboration and support of the vision of KĀNEHŪNĀMOKU at the State Capital entrance January […]

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Likukun Fanerhik
Likukun Fanerhik
This folktale about an impatient boy is classic.
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura. 2018.
Likichfesir and Likichmwach
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura. 2018. Two sisters who want the same things but only one can win theml
illustration Eol and Eot
Eol and Eot
Eol and Eot illustration in watercolor and pigment ink.
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018.
Eol and Eot storyboard
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Eol and Eot storyboard illustration using watercolor and pigment ink.
Growing up bilingual
These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.
Christianity Comes To Chuuk
How Christianity Came to Chuuk
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Watercolor with pigment ink on paper. Illustration from How Christianity Came to Chuuk, book project by Palama Settlement.
Chuukese Folk Tales
These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.
Our new neighbors
Chuukese come from the Federation of Micronesia which is 1800 miles long with over 600 islands and a total population of just over 100,000.
Chuukese Folk Tales
The Hawaiian archipelago is about 1500 miles long with about 162 islands of which over 1 million live on 7 of them.
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