Artist Reply: Thank you! Rainbows before your feet everyone. Kathy

Artist Reply: Thanks Cathy. Wow.. all your work on Art Wanted.. sure reminds me I need to post more! I just dropped Cafe Press and opted for this site.. better I think for me. Busy painting a bunch of 48x60's for my New York Gallery Monkdogs Urban Art.. yay! http://www.monkdogz.com I was painting outside on the grass yesterday and it just poured down rain out of the blue.. what a mess! Until later.. I looked and thought WOW.. how can I do that again? Too funny!

Artist Reply: Thank you for the compliment. Hula is sacred to Hawaiians. Ti leaves are gathered (flowers,seeds,fronds, etc are often used as well)to make a lei for the dance, as gifts or to wear simply for the pleasure of it. In this case Ti Leaves were gathered and I was fortunate enough to get pictures of the process of tying them together to make a lei. They use their toes as an extra hand as you can see by the image I have painted here. I write a lot about this on my Squidoo Lens: Hawaiian Travel|Hawaiian Fun Food http://www.squidoo.com/hawaiianartprints/ Aloha! Kathy