Diamond Head Light
A view of Diamond Head Lighthouse from the trees along Diamond Head Road done in a loose watercolor style. (11X14 Orginal)
Behind the Shave Ice Stand
A watercolor from a photo taken literally behind Matsumoto's Shave Ice in Haleiwa. 8 x 10 watercolor
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Diamond Head Lighthouse Sketches
A smaller even looser image of the lighthouse throught the trees and shadows. (5X& Original)
The lighthouse standing tall amid the overgrowth. (5X7 Original)
The double entendre of the lighthouse as a warning to ships and the sign telling visitors to steer cleaear was too good to pass up. (5X7 Original)
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Harbormaster's House
This unique design of double-deck lanais and Hawaiian roof has always caught my eye. This watercolor is the closest I've come yet to capturing its allure, (11X 15 orginal on 300 lb paper)
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Some thumbnails from the same sheet
These watercolor sketches help me use the full sheet of stretched paper on my watercolor board. Above Waimea shows the classic rock from which people line up to jump (only in Hawaii). This is a very loose and gestured sketch that could be a study for another larger work. 5X7 original
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Waiahole Poi Factory
This watercolor was done from an iphone photo and a series of sketches done on site along the east shore of O`ahu. The building was recently featured in a news story about its owners and their expanding menu of culturally relevent items. (11X 15 original)
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Sunlit Fronds
This loose oil captures the sunlight filtering through the palms in our backyard. Painted in two steps, the brighter sharper colors were added over a looser darker bakground after it dried. (Oil on canvas 16X20)
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Waiahole View
This oil was painted from an iPhone photo and two plein air sketches , captuing the northeast view of the Ko`olaus and Mokoli`i. (16X20 oil on canvas)
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Ala Wai Boat Harbor
This oil was done from a photo taken from Magic Island and modified in iPhoto. The blended tones of the background allow a sharper focus on the main elements. (16X 20 oil on canvas)
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Bringing Down the Mainsail
This watercolor was done from a photo taken from Magic Island on a brisk afternoon with Diamondhead in the background.
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Long Pole
The breakwater at Magic island allowed this fisherman some meditative time. (Watercolor 11X14)
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First Friday
Chinatown corner on a rainy First Friday was painted in the garage from an iphone snapshot. This small image captures the reflections of street lights and shops in wet pavement. (8X10 original)
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Chinatown Lights
A different iphone photo of the same street corner in Chinatown on a rainy First Friday evening. We had just visited the galleries and were heading back to the car. I like the Van Gogh styling of the lights and reflections, particularly on the manhole cover in the foreground. (11X14 original oil on canvas)
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Too Blue
The Sunday morning sky was a deep cloudless blue in Haleiwa Boat Harbor when this denizen was wokring solo on his own Black Pearl. The dark hull of the sailboat was a sharp contrast to the many bright whites and lights of the marina. (16X20 original oil on canvas)
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Girl with Umbrella
Another garage painting done from an iphone shot on that same rainy evening in town. Here the traffic and the reflections of tailights mix with the coming twilight as evening become night in the city. (11x14 original oil on canvas)
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Spirit of Kualoa
Inspired by a print I saw on a trip to Molokai, this image imposes the Ko`olaus at Kualoa with an image of a kanaka maoli wahine. (11x 14 original oil on canvas)
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Hot Head
In the same vein, this image of daughter Mia and the lava flows at Kalapana blend representations both personal and place-based. Mia liked it enough to claim it for her room - high praise for an adolescent. (11X14 original oil on canvas)
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Rainy Morning
It was too wet to paint plein air, so we enjoyed a breakfast at Jameson's and then went home to capture this image from an iphone shot. I like the watercolory wet in wet of the clouds and mist. (7X14 original oil on canvas)
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Anthurium
This sketch started as a Pegge Hopper imitation and grew into a melded image of Mia and the flower arrengement on our dining room table. Next year's Christmas card? (16X20 original oil on canvas)
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Low Tide at Mokuleia
This oild looking west at Mokuleia beach has rocks and drfitwood in the foreground and Kaena Point in the background. (11x14 oil on canvas)
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Hale Pukana La View
The first of several new watercolors, this is a gift for my bride on Mothers' Day 2012. The view is from the lanai on our Big Island home.
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Sharks' Cove Sunset
This watercolor is done from an iPhone photo of the sun setting over the protected cove just north of Waimea Bay on O`ahu's North Shore. Waves break on the rocks and leave still water for snorkeling and wonderful viewing,
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Sunrise in Pahoa
This watercolor captures the color of the morning sky over the Pacific looking south along the Puna Coast from Hawaiian Beaches.
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Hakipu'u Va'a
This watercolor captures some of the festive color of the Voyaging Society's Canoe Festival at Kualoa Beach Park from April 2012.
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Ko'olaus 1
This watercolor captures some of the majesty of the Ko`olau range from Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens. (5x7)
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Ko`olaus ll
Another watercolor of the same view taken from an iPhone photo on a late afternoon at Ho`omaluhia. (8x10)
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Mountain Mists
This oil captures views of the Ko`oalau mountains from Ho`omaluhia Gardens. A couple was getting married next to the this spot when we visited. The Panadanus tree rose above the local foliage in contrast to the faded mountains. (16x20 original oil on canvas)
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Foster Grants
My bride in the brush above Waimea Valley. The heiau there once hosted fires that could be seen on Kauai. (11x 14 original oil on canvas)
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Off Magic Island
Brisk winds made for high breakers and good sailing off the south shore rocks at Magic Island. This watercolor tries to catch a little of both. (1x/14 original)
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In Haleiwa Harbor
This plein air sketch of an old wooden boat and the harbormaster's house could be almost anywhere the land meets the sea. (11x14 orginal oil)
