Hawaii
Kikakapu Print
Another Print mock-ip from my “Fish I see while snorkeling” series. This is a companion piece for my Humuhumunukunuku-apua-a. print I did earlier. If you match this on it’s right side with that piece the patterns match up. These guys are a pretty common sight while snorkeling here in Hawaii.”Kikakapu” is it’s Hawaiian name. It’s […]
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Colored
Fish I see snorkeling #2 colored. I’m not sure what I’m going to do this. Digital print? Screen print? I’ve set it up for a silk screen but I’m not sure. I really liked using the dot screens, they brought a cool graphic element to the piece.
Nene Beach Holiday!
A fun day at the beach with the native Hawaiian Geese- the NENE. Yep, they look like Canadian geese and rightfully so, they descended from Canadian geese that came to island chain about five hundred thousand years and decided to stick around. There smaller than the standard Canadian goose and some are flightless. It was […]
Humuhumunukunukuapua a
Pen and ink work for my next “Fish I see while Snorkeling” print series. This the Humuhumunukunukuapuaa. Say that three times fast or even once for that matter. It’s the State fish of Hawaii and is known as the Reef Triggerfish in English. These guys can be really colorful, but I think I’m going to […]
Hawaiian Idol!
I’ve been trying to identify and memorize the local reef fish for when I go snorkeling and was having a terrible time at it. Sure, I could buy a guide book, but what’s the fun in that. So, I started taking pictures of them with my GoPro and then taking to the inter webs to […]
Moved to Hawaii!
Sorry for the radio silence! Moving is time consuming and frustrating- Moving from Brooklyn to Hilo, Hawaii was that times a gazillion. My studio stuff is still somewhere floating in the Pacific on it’s way here. Hawaii as you can imagine is pretty sweet- I’m definitely going to have find my Oregon country boy roots […]