March 1, 2021
Aloha!
This weekend, I picked up my three pieces from the juried Plein Air Art Show at the Wailoa Art Center in Hilo. Over 100 works depicted the Big Island from all perspectives, including a number of Kona side works from our West Hawaii Plein Air Painters (of which I am an irregular member.)
Now that the show is over, my piece "Miloli‘i Headlights" has unexpectedly received the People's Choice Award. Woohoo! I was already surprised by the feedback on social media. I never know what pieces will speak to people.
Colorful houses dot the lava like a chessboard in the remote fishing village of Miloli'i.
Despite the strong pigments I struggled to find the right values until I changed the setting to near dusk. A few dots for headlights and porch lights did the trick.
"Miloli‘i Headlights" is one of my 3 plein air paintings exhibited in the statewide juried exhibition at Hilo's Wailoa Center, where it received the People's Choice Award.
Despite the strong pigments I struggled to find the right values until I changed the setting to near dusk. A few dots for headlights and porch lights did the trick.
"Miloli‘i Headlights" is one of my 3 plein air paintings exhibited in the statewide juried exhibition at Hilo's Wailoa Center, where it received the People's Choice Award.
"Kona Snow" began on my truck’s tailgate. A local coffee farm was in full bloom, and the white blossoms, or Kona snow, gave off the scent of gardenias or an orange grove. They only flower for a day or two so I had to paint fast.
Then it started to rain.
I retreated to the cab and cracked the window open to wait but the drizzle continued. The farmer and his dog came out to tend his trees in the rain, so I figured I should too. I set up my palette in the passenger seat and got back to work.
"Kona Snow" is my 2nd plein air painiting that was in the statewide juried exhibition at Hilo's Wailoa Art Center.
“It Never Rains in Hilo” - it seems we always take the Kona sunshine with us whenever we visit the rainy side of the island.
My plein air painting proved it, and was one of 3 accepted for the statewide juried exhibition at Hilo’s Wailoa Center February 5-25, 2021.
My plein air painting proved it, and was one of 3 accepted for the statewide juried exhibition at Hilo’s Wailoa Center February 5-25, 2021.
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