2025

Wao Lani, New painting for 2025

21"x41" in. 70lb. Oil paint, 24k genuine gold on cotton Bristol sheets between layers of art resin, on a wooden box frame wrapped in Hawaiian Curly Koa.

A heavenly place inhabited by the gods, where clouds form a lei, surrounding steeped mountain tops. It is not a place where man is to be found, for he dwells below, in wao kanaka. Lani also poetically refers to the chiefs of Hawaii, as they were considered descendants of the gods. Wao lani thus serves as a realm within which to consider the nature and kuleana of the gods and chiefs.

The painting can be viewed at the Troy Carney Art Gallery 3900 in Old Hanapepe Town