"Lei Hilo"
Ua hilo 'ia i ke aho a ke aloha: Braided
with cords of love.
30x40x2 gallery wrap, oil on canvas,
completed 12/05, Available in giclee,
posters, greeting cards and gifts.
I just love how you've used every colour under the sun. This is an outstanding painting. Very well done indeed.
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!
Kathy: Interesting work. Unusual subject but you have done a marvelous job. Great color. Must be fascinating to watch this subject and then paint it. Great art!!
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
Outstanding work in every way ....you're such a talented artist with a wonderfully trained eye for the beauty that swirls arond you !!! Bravo Kathy !:-)
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artistinthecountry 20 Jun 2009
Very nice workCathy Savels 03 Sep 2007
I just love how you've used every colour under the sun. This is an outstanding painting. Very well done indeed.Visionary Imagist 17 Jul 2007
Kathy: Interesting work. Unusual subject but you have done a marvelous job. Great color. Must be fascinating to watch this subject and then paint it. Great art!!Brigitte Hintner 07 Jun 2007
Outstanding work in every way ....you're such a talented artist with a wonderfully trained eye for the beauty that swirls arond you !!! Bravo Kathy !:-)helen tyralik 06 Jun 2007
good detail,well done