I sat under a rain shelter on the beach at Black Pot in Hanalei, Kauai while the mist and drizzle blew over me in waves. I was thinking “why am I here? Is there anything to paint?” But as I waited I observed the dark brooding clouds dropping their load of rain on Ha’ena. This …
Painting quickly always makes me uncomfortable, which means that I should do more of it. Much more. This piece was one of those uncomfortable quick paintings. Even worse, with the sun going down and the light fading. My friend Yvonne and I set up on the cliff at Pali Kekua in Princeville, HI just as …
This is a famous view of Diamond Head from Round Top Drive in Honolulu. I’ve painted this view numerous times now and never grow tired of the endless changing light and sky. Diamond Head has such a distinctive, strong solid profile, I enjoy describing the planes of it’s surface as the light renders them in …
Diamond Head in the afternoon on a hot sunny day. Some haze on this day and no trade winds. Very hot and still, this is called “Kona” weather. Everyone pretty much just endures this weather and waits until the trade winds start blowing again. When that happens there is a collective sigh of relief. + …
This was a beautiful Summer morning up on Round Top. The colors of red, blue, green and violet were so vivid! This view is so changeable, I never tire of painting the endless variations in the light and sky. Just one of the attractions of painting for a living, you never really paint the exact …