Surfing Hawaii 16x20 While visiting my daughter Kim and her husband Mike, who resided in beautiful Hawaii at the time, I could not resist painting scenes of that wonderful place. I was spellbound by the size of the waves, and spent over an hour trying to get up on a surfboard, until a surfer finally told me what I was doing wrong. When I did get up, the wave carried me all the way to shore. I was so tired, I gave up, and didn’t go back out. The waves are so beautiful, I decided to paint them instead of trying to ride them.