Hawaii
Direct to Film on Wood Art Panels
The experiment continues! …and for the most part successfully. There isn’t a lot of media/instruction out there for printing Direct to Film transfers onto wood- other than it can be done. Now that I’ve done a lot of them, I’ve learned a few things- 1. Always heat press the wood first. Even if the wood […]
Ahi Drawing/Painting Print
My latest print is of an Ahi/Yellowfin Tuna. These are pretty awesome creatures that also happen to taste AMAZING. This will be printed on a 12″x18″ Birch Art Panel using the Direct to Film print method. I’m going to be adding some silver leaf on each print.
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Revisit
Lately I’ve been revisiting some of my older work to put fresh eyes it. I have had some surprising results. Maybe I’m just an artist that needs time to let this work to continue to evolve. My latest example of this is the digital and analog combo of the Hawaiian fish the humuhumunukunukuapua’a. I liked […]
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 […]