About the paintings:

The paintings can be grouped by themes or by style, and the artist more often than not will paint several paintings in a series. The landscapes are mostly of coastlines. Growing up on the island of Oahu, the artist feels most at home where mountains meet the sea. Blues and greens , corals and cream are the colors of choice. Beauty and serenity are to be found in the ordinary. The waves may crash on the shore, but mostly they present themselves proudly and sound a sizzly whisper as one by one, foamy bubbles burst on prickly sand grains.

If there is a child present, it listens carefully to decipher the music of the seashore. After all, it is the music, the perfume of the sea air, and the movement in the wind, sea and sky together that become the image. When the child puts paint brush to paper, painting is born anew. Creativity is unique; each stroke is brand new.

The figures in the paintings are not meant to be strictly portraits, although they are often assumed to be . They are meant to be the way we all might look in the twenty-first century. The point is not who the subject is . The point is to look and listen more carefully, and to cherish and protect all that is. If the subject is a beautiful landscape or human being, or a stray dog, so much the better.

Pattern and texture are significant in many of the paintings. Geometric color harmonies enrich "Turtle," "Bang bang," and "Agave." "Star Painting" utilisizes geometric circular forms as well as a painterly application of color. In "The Origins of Painting" series, such as "Green Art," and "Elephant, bright oranges, yellow and reds vibrate side by side with blues and greens of sky and foliage.

Most of the paintings are on a fairly large scale. "Sand Castles," one of a series of abstracts done in the seventies and eighties, and the only abstract shown here, is 55" x75." The other paintings are considerably smaller, 30" x 40" or 36" x 48" with the occasional 11" x 14." Many are done on canvas, or very thick watercolor paper. Some are oil, others acrylic, with liberal use of watercolor and other water media as well.